Recently announced the findings of a ZoneAlarm survey, which revealed that 79 percent of consumers use risky password construction practices, such as including personal information and words. The survey also revealed that 26 percent of respondents reuse the same password for important accounts such as e-mail, banking or shopping and social networking sites. In addition, nearly 8 percent admit to copying an entire password found online in a listing of 'good' passwords. Given these numbers, it’s no wonder that 29 percent of respondents had their own e-mail or social network account hacked, and that over half (52 percent) know someone who has had a similar problem.
The first step a hacker will take when attempting to break into a computer or secure account is try to guess the victim's password. Automated programs are also available to repeatedly guess passwords from a database of common words and other information. Once a hacker gains access to one account, almost 30 percent of the time that information can be used to access other sites that contain financial data such as bank account numbers and credit card information.
'Consumers need to be aware of the importance of passwords and the fact that hackers are getting more and more sophisticated in cracking them,' said Bari Abdul, vice president of consumer sales at Check Point. 'By creating a unique password for each important account, consumers create the first line of defense against online thieves who can't wait to gain access to critical data for financial gain.'
To ensure consumers stay safe online, here are a few tips for creating a strong password :
1. Using at least 1 (one) character symbols on the sequence of characters of your password.
2. If the system you implement a password history, then make sure your new password is always different from previous passwords.
3. Your passwords do not contain names or usernames.
4. Do not use words that are commonly used in karaktar password. This includes words used in the dictionary.
Some examples of strong passwords for example as follows.
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3k> i% ua
O @ u # 5nQ
Why should use a password?
Password protection system is actually the weakest in the computer system. Therefore choose a strong password is a must. Why is that? Increasingly sophisticated password cracking tool in an attempt to disassemble the password, plus also a computer used in password cracking, the better the performance. Password previously took a week to crack, then the current can be cracked in just a few hours.
Software to crack passwords used to use three different approaches: a clever guess (intelligent guessing), dictionary attacks (dictionary attack) as well as automation that seek to try to use a combination of characters. If given enough time, then the automation of the method is able to crack any password. But if the password used is very strong, it will require a very long time to solve it.
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