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Are You a Walking Target for Identity Theft?

by Mike Mansell December 24, 2010
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Identity theft – the action in which another individual impersonates you in order to defraud an organization or yourself – is not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination.  In 1964 when the term “identity theft” was first coined, the majority of fraud incidents involved individuals who physically stole identification and documents in [...]

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How To: Create Good Passwords

by Mike Mansell April 21, 2010
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Few would object to the statement that passwords are a part of our everyday lives.  Between computer passwords, email passwords, chat passwords, banking passwords, and all of the other passwords people use, the average human is sure to encounter numerous password dialogs several times throughout a normal day.  Most people think nothing of it, but [...]

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Should We Stop Masking Passwords?

by Matt Hodges June 25, 2009
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Logging in to our computers or various web services is a normal routine we all go through every day.  Each of us probably has half-a-dozen usernames across the web, with at least double that in passwords.  We’re all also very used to the standard format when logging into a service: plain-text username and a censored [...]

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Accessing Your Windows Account When The Password Is Lost

by Matt Hodges June 11, 2009
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The unthinkable has happened: you’ve forgotten your Windows (XP or Vista) login password.  You’ve gone through multiple attempts at remembering what it was; you’ve even tried using the little hint you left in case this sort of thing ever happened, but you still can’t get in. But don’t worry, all is not lost!  You do [...]

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