How Hacker-Proof Are Your Banking Passwords?

by Minyanville

Despite all the reports of Internet security breaches identity theft and hacked bank accounts people are still using easy-to-guess passwords for nearly all of their online activity.That's the conclusion from two recent studies that looked at passwords in general and banking passwords in particular.At the end of last year a hacker was able to gain access to 32 million passwords held by software company RockYou. The list was briefly posted on the web and security researchers were able to take a detailed look at the most popular choices.According to Imperva a company that makes blocking software the most popular ...

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