passwords
RSS passwordsPasswords are not enough, experts claim
News A study published today by security consultancy Barron McCann found 92 per cent of IT managers interviewed said passwords provide the best protection against internal data thieves. Passwords were... [01 Dec 2000]
Passwords: You're still not doing enough
News Users are still being careless with their passwords putting themselves and their employers at risk from hackers, according to a survey by online bank Egg. As well as making obvious choices such as partners' names and... [24 Jun 2002]
Passwords at risk from Firefox, IE flaw
News Both the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 web browsers are vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to steal passwords. Dubbed a Reverse Cross Site Request vulnerability (RCSR) by... [23 Nov 2006]
Passwords: How difficult can it be to get this right?
News Despite a welter of warnings in recent years it appears employees are still failing to engage their brains when it comes to the simplest of tasks - managing their passwords effectively. Recent findings show a staggering... [09 Mar 2005]
Passwords: Proof that all humans are dull
Comment It's official - most of us are really quite dull and unimaginative when it comes to passwords. Richard Hollis, managing director of security specialist Orthus suggests that approaching passwords the same... [27 May 2002]
Best of Reader Comments: Passwords
News After recent articles about passwords - see Security nightmare: How do you maintain 21 different passwords? http://www.silicon.com/a56760) and How clever are you with your passwords? I... [13 Dec 2002]
In brief: Hotmail security hole releases passwords
News Microsoft's free email service, Hotmail, has a bug that exposes user passwords to hackers, according to Canadian networking company, Speciality Installation. The company's non-profit bug investigation arm discovered late... [25 Aug 1998]
KLASSP: Entering Passwords on a Spyware Infected Machine Using a Shared-Secret Proxy
White Paper This paper examines the problem of entering sensitive data, such as passwords, from an untrusted machine. By untrusted it means that it is suspected to be infected with spyware which snoops on the user's activity. [23 May 2007]
MKB Bank Centralized Database Accounts in AD and Eliminated Helpdesk Calls on DB Passwords
White Paper MKB Bank wanted to avoid providing new username and passwords to their data warehouse users as well as deploying new provisioning connectors for their existing provisioning system from BMC. MKB refers to their... [11 Oct 2008]
Account Passwords and Policies: Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and the Windows Server 2003 Family
White Paper Password and account lockout settings are designed to protect accounts and data in your organization by mitigating the threat of brute force guessing of account passwords. Settings in the Account Lockout and Password... [10 Nov 2004]
Trojan Horse steals Windows passwords
News A 'Trojan Horse' program that steals passwords to gain access to networks and Internet service providers (ISP) is at large, according to anti-virus specialist, Doctor Solomon's. Once this has happened, network... [15 Jul 1998]
CIO Jury: Will biometrics replace passwords and PINs?
News Iris and fingerprint-scanning technology will replace passwords and PIN numbers as the long-term answer to identity management problems, according to UK IT chiefs. An overwhelming majority of IT bosses - 11 out of the... [16 Feb 2006]
Split passwords make data safer
News Breaking passwords in two and storing them in two places will make systems more secure, RSA Security said at its eponymous security show in San Francisco on Tuesday. It will be used alongside smartcard systems, so that... [16 Apr 2003]
Renegade program stealing passwords at banking sites
News A malicious program that installs itself through a pop-up can read keystrokes and steal passwords when victims visit any of nearly 50 targeted banking sites, security researchers warned yesterday. In reality, it's two... [30 Jun 2004]
MSDN Architecture Webcast: The Digital BlackBelt's Guide to Working With Web Application Passwords (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast examines best practices for establishing user credentials for forms authentication, and for managing and storing passwords securely. The presenter also describes methods one can use to prevent credential... [14 Apr 2007]
