I try to change all my passwords twice a month..... you should see my tally book....


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Because, today, almost 2009, there are still a lot of people who don’t know much about computers, much less about internet security. That’s why these spaces are so important I think. Security has always been a priority for me, as it should be for anyone with a little common sense. The thing is that every day you find new scamming methods and sometimes it gets difficult to keep up.

Thanks for the heads up! appreciate it.

Good idea, glad I checked this out.

OMG, I just realized I became admin of a HYIP in 2006. I was not very active during that period until recently, finished my studies. I am now not feeling good.

Wow, some great advice here regarding passwords.

I use roboform as many of you, have bought the full version and it's a bliss.

Still do change my passwords twice a month, just to be on the safe side.

But you know, it's so difficult to remember all the passwords may be make a special list of it?
What do you think?

Try using RoboForm, it's a free and secure password generator which will remember all your passwords for you.

I am new to this forum. This is very useful information you have provided in this post. I will remember it.

Thank you for this information.

it is really,a kind man. I am new here ,hello everyone.
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thanks for the suggestion admin.
i have created my own unique pattern on each program i've joined.

12345 most popular stolen Hotmail password

Posted on 7 Oct 2009 at 08:44

The phishing attack that exposed the details of 10,000 Hotmail attacks has revealed that 12345 was the most popular password of those caught out, according to a security researcher.

That's alarming news given the glut of information and warnings that pepper the internet, especially given the fact that the second most popular password was 123456789.

The information was revealed by security research Bogdan Calin on his blog. Calin reviewed the list of 10,000 Hotmail accounts posted on PasteBin by hackers and discovered that of the 9,843 valid passwords, 82 of them used one of these two numbers.

Also popular, and equally weak, were the passwords 12345678, 1234567 and 111111 - which all featured in the top ten.

The rest of the top ten was filled out with names such as alejandra, alberto, and alejandro, leading Calin to suspect that the phishing kit was targeting Latinos.

Another interesting fact to be pulled from his research was the longest password, which came in at a staggering 30 characters and was "lafaroleratropezoooooooooooooo". The shortest password, on the other hand, was only one character long.

In general, Calin found that the majority of the passwords were between six and nine characters long, with the average password eight characters in length.

Hotmail users weren't the only ones caught out by the phishers, with GMail, Yahoo and AOL also reporting that their users have been targeted.

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