Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
ElcomSoft’s password cracker is so good they almost went to jail for it. Now they have a new beta version for the iPhone and iPod Touch that can crack any password, encrypted or not, to retrieve address books, call logs, text message archives, calendars, photos, voice mails, emails, apps and Web history. The beta version is free to try at elcomsoft.com/download/eppb.zip. ElcomSoft is a Russian software company specializing in cryptography. They sell numerous programs for cracking encrypted files, passwords, protection codes, etc. Some are quite expensive: $1,400. But others cost as little $39. Is any of this legal? Well, apparently it is. We did some research and found that this is a more open issue than one would think. Several […]
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Posted on October 11th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach
Your typing style, when you hit just eight keys, can serve as your password.
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Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach
Researchers at the University of Calif. in Santa Barbara found that 38 percent of identities stolen by a malicious kind of software known as the Torpig botnet were obtained because the users had “auto fill” turned on.
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Posted on March 22nd, 2009 by Joy Schwabach
If you’re worried about what you might have left behind, you can go to SafeHouseExplorer.com and get free software that locks your documents and videos and makes their file names invisible.
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Posted on February 17th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach
Like 63 percent of everybody, we use one simple password for most of our online transactions. This is dangerous. If you’re at a coffee shop using a free wireless connection, the person next to you can lift your password. SignupShield is a free program that can prevent this.
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Posted on February 17th, 2008 by Joy Schwabach
Like 63 percent of everybody, we use one simple password for most of our online transactions. This is dangerous. If you’re at a coffee shop using a free wireless connection, the person next to you can lift your password. SignupShield is a free program that can prevent this.
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