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Kingston Unveils the World’s First 256GB USB Flash Drive

Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, announced the launch of the world's first 256GB USB flash drive, the Kingston Technology DataTraveler 300. It allows users to carry around ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 11

The power of graphics processing units may threaten the world’s password security system

It’s been called revolutionary - technology that lends supercomputer-level power to any desktop. What’s more, this new capability comes in the form of a readily available piece of hardware, a graphics processing unit (GPU) ...

Technology / Internet

created Aug 09, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (24) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Report: China hackers stole key Google program

(AP) -- Computer hackers stole a program that controlled access to most of Google Inc.'s services when they attacked the Internet company late last year, according to a report published late Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 7

Are you any good at creating passwords?

There's an interesting little study that's been done by security firm Imperva, which analyzed some 32 million passwords posted online in December by some enterprising hacker.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 30, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Password retrieval in lost or stolen iPhones/iPads takes six minutes (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has demonstrated how passwords in iPhones and iPads can be retrieved from a stolen or lost device in only six minutes, even if it is locked. The passwords can include ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

iPhone worm Rickrolls Australia

(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhone users in Australia have been hit during the last few days with a worm called "ikee". The worm replaces the default wallpaper with a difficult to remove picture of British singer Rick ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 3 weblog

Strong protection for weak passwords

(PhysOrg.com) -- The combination of simple codes and Captchas, which are even more encrypted using a chaotic process, produces effective password protection.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Hacker group launches online social network

Infamous hacker group Anonymous launched Monday its own social network after being rejected by Google's freshly-launched online community.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Spain smashes global 'zombie' computer network: police

Spanish police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men suspected of building the world's biggest network of virus-infected computers which hijacked more than 13 million PCs.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Death leaves online lives in limbo

(AP) -- When Jerald Spangenberg collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in an online game, his daughter embarked on a quest of her own: to let her father's gaming friends know that he hadn't just decided ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords

(AP) -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Hotmail in hot water over password flaw, rushes fix

Hackers tried to get the best of Hotmail by figuring out how to reset Hotmail user passwords for e-mail accounts this month. Locking hotmail users out of their own accounts when trying to key in their passwords ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Stolen-data trove offers look inside a botnet

(AP) -- Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves.

Technology / Software

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sony PlayStation Network hacked again by resetting user passwords

(PhysOrg.com) -- Only a few days after Sony brought their PlayStation Network back on-line hackers have shown that the PSN is still vulnerable to attacks. This time around hackers have reset user account pass ...

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Apple patent sends password secrets to adapters

(PhysOrg.com) -- First-time computer users in the early days, pre-hacking security traumas, were confronted with a new life requirement: creating and remembering system passwords. Not too easy, users were ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (15) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Password

A password is a secret word or string of characters that is used for authentication, to prove identity or gain access to a resource (Example: An access code is a type of password). The password must be kept secret from those not allowed access.

The use of passwords is known to be ancient. Sentries would challenge those wishing to enter an area or approaching it to supply a password or watchword. Sentries would only allow a person or group to pass if they knew the password. In modern times, user names and passwords are commonly used by people during a log in process that controls access to protected computer operating systems, mobile phones, cable TV decoders, automated teller machines (ATMs), etc. A typical computer user may require passwords for many purposes: logging in to computer accounts, retrieving e-mail from servers, accessing programs, databases, networks, web sites, and even reading the morning newspaper online.

Despite the name, there is no need for passwords to be actual words; indeed passwords which are not actual words may be harder to guess, a desirable property. Some passwords are formed from multiple words and may more accurately be called a passphrase. The term passcode is sometimes used when the secret information is purely numeric, such as the personal identification number (PIN) commonly used for ATM access. Passwords are generally short enough to be easily memorized and typed.

For the purposes of more compellingly authenticating the identity of one computing device to another, passwords have significant disadvantages (they may be stolen, spoofed, forgotten, etc.) over authentications systems relying on cryptographic protocols which are more difficult to circumvent.

For more information about Password, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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