Stop Hackers From Getting Personal Information

Posted: September 09, 2014

[caption id="attachment_12015" align="alignright" width="427"] Image from washingtonpost.com[/caption] Hacking has risen dramatically recently. Knowing that somebody can hack into an account, and gain access to extremely sensitive information can be nerve-wracking. Stop hackers from getting to your personal information. Brian Fung, writer for the Washington Post, shares how to stop hackers from getting into your personal data.

How to turn the tables on brute-force hackers

The celebrity photo hack underscores one of the Internet's most worrying dangers: Using weak passwords makes you really, really vulnerable. Weak passwords can be guessed by hackers who try every word in the dictionary until they strike paydirt. The problem is so pervasive that some have taken to compiling annual lists of the most commonly used bad passwords. It shouldn't even be possible for people to select such obvious passwords as "123456" or "password." Some sites take precautions against this, but there's no universal standard. The most security-conscious sites will make you include symbols or numbers in your password during the account-creation process, and won't let you proceed until you've satisfied all the requirements. Read the entire article How to Turn the Tables on Brute-Force Hackers on The Washington Post.