You might not think about it, and you may not be looking to buy it, but there are those who go out and hack, find, and then sell your information. Among these include your email and passwords. Earlier this year (Jan 2019), on some of the underground forums, a huge collection of passwords and other […]
Two factor authentication, sometimes called 2FA, requires that two different pieces of information be presented in order to allow access to a system. Which two forms of authentication will vary from system to system, but there are several common methods we’ll look at below. The most common one that people are familiar with would be […]
Depending upon who you talk to, you should change your password every 30, 60, or even 90 days. This has actually caused some issues. While having a series of changing password makes it less likely that your password would be hacked, and if it was, then, the hacker would only have limited access before you […]
Some might wonder why bother creating a beginners guide to creating a password, until you find out that so many people still use “password” as their password, it’s down right embarrassing for the whole human race. With that in mind, how can you create a good password? Password Length The longer the password, the better. […]
One of the tools hackers use to break into online accounts is a list of common passwords. Often called a dictionary attack, because the hacker can go through the list of words, just like they’d enter them from a dictionary. That is why you shouldn’t use a standard word or word number combination (password, welcome), […]