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123456789 is your password ? Change it !
In a report likely to make IT administrators tear out their hair, most users still rely on easy passwords, some as simple as “123456,” to access their accounts.
A report released today by database security vendor Imperva Inc. serves as another reminder of why IT administrators need to enforce strong password policies on enterprise applications and systems.
Imperva’s report is based on an analysis of 32 million passwords that were exposed in a recent database intrusion at RockYou Inc. a developer of several popular Facebook applications. The passwords belonged to users who had registered with RockYou and had been stored by the company in clear text on the compromised database. The hacker responsible for the intrusion later posted the entire list of 32 million passwords on the Internet.
An analysis of that list provides the latest confirmation that a majority of users still don’t More »
Microsoft confirms 17-year-old Windows bug
Microsoft late yesterday issued its second advisory of the last week, warning users that a 17-year-old bug in the kernel of all 32-bit versions of Windows could be used by hackers to hijack PCs.
The vulnerability in the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) subsystem was disclosed Tuesday by Google engineer Tavis Ormandy on the Full Disclosure security mailing list. Coincidentally, Ormandy received credit for reporting the single vulnerability that Microsoft fixed last week on its regular Patch Tuesday.
The VDM subsystem was added to Windows with the July 1993 release of Windows NT, Microsoft’s first fully 32-bit operating system. VDM allows Windows NT and later to run DOS and 16-bit Windows software. More »
Okkkkkkkk Norton ! Is that a Threat ???
I am switching !
