Many sites that support secure transmission via HTTPS, still don’t offer encryption as a default, or sometimes they combine pages with both secure and insecure items. HTTPS Everywhere, a new Firefox plugin, makes it easier for Firefox users to always …[Continue]
Using Secret Alternative Security Questions
Srwright, a reader at Lifehacker.com submitted this tip for keeping your online accounts extra secure. Instead of answering standard security questions such as “What is your mother’s maiden name?” you can answer a secret alternative question that you create based …[Continue]
How To Keep Your WordPress Account Secure
WordPress is an excellent blogging platform. Its popularity, however, makes it a frequent target of hackers trying to gain access to blogs for nefarious purposes. Choosing a secure admin password is just one thing you can do to foil them. …[Continue]
Getting The Most From Your Password Manager
As a user of both Mac and PC computers, I had struggled for years to find a password manager that was truly mobile across platforms and locations. The best solution for me, so far, has been Roboform Online, which is …[Continue]
Hotmail Hackers Compromise Email Signature
According to tech wizard Leo Notenboom, “a new twist” on hackers comprising Hotmail accounts has left some users with unauthorized (and poorly written) ads in all of their outgoing messages. Notenboom explains that the culprit is a default email signature …[Continue]
Should You Change Your Password?
Cormac Herley, a principal researcher for Microsoft Research, has concluded that mandatory periodic password changes, required by some organizations and websites, are not worth the time it takes to make the changes and remember the new passcodes. To read more …[Continue]
How Safe Are Your Passwords?
“If you invited me to try and crack your password, how many guesses would it take before I got it?”, asks blogger and Internet standards expert John Pozadzides. The top ten list of common passwords includes your city, college, football …[Continue]
Avoid Being Phished on Twitter
Twitter has recently been hit by a rash of phishing attacks, where users get email messages with fake Twitter login links, in an attempt to steal Twitter account passwords. If you receive a notification from what looks like the real …[Continue]
