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Rise in cybercrime calls for better password security  19 May 2021 - 8:11 By Ayeni Olusegun | The Peninsula In 2013, Intel (the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue and developer of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers (PCs)), started the World Password Day to be celebrated every first Thursday of May. It was formed to raise awareness of the role strong passwords play in securing our digital lives. Passwords are now an ex...

Highlights However, if you have a Samsung device, it can be an easy task. With the help of a QR (Quick Response) code, users can easily scan and automatically connect to the network. Are you looking to share passwords with anyone? This can be quite a task if it’s a long and complicated network. However, if you have a Samsung device, it can be an easy task. With the help of a QR (Quick Response) code, users can easily scan and automatically connect to the network. Here’s how to share your Wi...

iTWire Thursday, 06 May 2021 11:43 Halt! What’s the password? It’s World Password Day, does your password pass muster? Featured If you pass on having a strong password that you regularly update, and if you pass on using a password manager, then you won’t get a pass mark in the test of life, so please don’t fail yourself or the digital twin that is your online existence - please take passwords as seriously as you take locking your house, car or anything else you val...

Juha Saarinen: Password hell enough to drive you crackers 4 May, 2021 05:35 AM 5 minutes to read Passphrases are now a fact of life, replacing easy to crack passwords. Photo / 123RF OPINION Thursday is annual World Password Day that will be celebrated by the collective groaning of hundreds of millions of computer users who just want to log in and not worry about difficult to remember passphrases. Because thats what you have to use, a phrase and not a secret word. Use a word an...

How to See Whos Using Your Streaming Passwords Siblings, parents, partners, friends, colleagues—chances are you’ve shared at least one or two passwords to your streaming service accounts over the years, which is perfectly understandable. These acts of digital generosity can quickly add up, though, and before you know it there too many people on your Netflix account and you’re getting the dreaded “too many simultaneous streams” message. Advertisement So if the time has come for the pas...

Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions likely declined in Jackson Hole throughout 2020, the year the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the valley and muddled with usual patterns of traffic and tourism. Thats the first dip in emissions since 2012, per a draft of the 2021 Indicator Report, an annual amalgamation of data prepared by the town and county that tracks the communitys performance in housing, ecosystem protection, traffic and more. The report is produced to inform planning decisions and cont...

Malware That Steals Passwords Intrudes On Android Devices; Apple iPhones At Risk Too KEY POINTS Flubot is a malware that invades Android devices via text message The text message asks the Android user to install an app that happens to be spyware ​Android and Apple users must exercise caution when receiving SMS A malware that can steal a user’s password recently intruded on Android devices. Reports say that although the attack currently threatens Android devices, Apple iPhones could be at r...

INDIANAPOLIS (April 20, 2021) — Access Indiana (https://access.IN.gov), the state’s single sign-on portal for Hoosiers, now connects more than 550,000 users with 37 state government services. The service is growing quickly, adding more than 150,000 users in the past 49 days.   Users have access to a variety of services on their personal dashboard including the Indiana Vaccination Portal,  DNR Fish & Wildlife,  myLicense,  INBiz,  DRIVE  and more.    ...

Hong Kong police arrest suspected phone scammer accused of impersonating an officer to obtain his victim’s banking details Force says the suspect claimed to be from police headquarters and instructed the victim to turn over the password to his online bank account Police suspect a letter belonging to the victim that was found in the suspect’s flat was the source of personal information used in the ruse

… and this guy’s kids are living proof of it Turns out, Michael’s kids managed to find out mom’s password, and started using her computer for personal gain So, writer Michael Cruz Kayne has kids who have managed to get their hands on his wife’s computer password. And of course they’re gonna use it for personal gain! But what sort of gain can that be? Well, Michael shared a screenshot of how it all materialized. Turns out, they used his wife’s computer to send him messages. What ab...