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Most Commonly Used Passwords

Watched the movie hackers on TV today. It is a OK kind of movie with lots of exaggeration. But I found one interesting point made about most commonly used passwords. According to the movie, it is “love”, “secret”,”s**” and “GOD”. … Continue reading

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Twitter bans easy to guess passwords

I read this news here about twitter banning weak passwords . Also, they have provided the list of banned passwords. This is definitely a good move and helps with user awareness. However, this is not enough. A malicious hacker trying … Continue reading

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Free Whois Spam Block Solution

When  I registered my domain name last week, I was not so comfortable providing my regular email ID. As this will be public in the whois information of my domain, it can be potentially used by whois harvesters to spam … Continue reading

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