Comments on: Did you think you had a secure password?

By: El Nino

El Nino — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:53:45 +0000

Thank you for password generator apps + the calculator for analyze random password.

Also today, any web apps should be put an captcha (even maybe some captcha can easy recognize by OCR), or limiting failed login, ie; if you failed login for 5 times will suspended for 1-2 hours to login anymore.

By: Apple App Tips

Apple App Tips — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:41:34 +0000

Yeah you are right. password stealing something very common now a days. So be careful and make use of very odd kind of password patterns.

By: Andreas from Xavier Media

Andreas from Xavier Media — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:30:27 +0000

Maybe you should check your computer for malware/spyware? Microsoft got a free antivirus software which is really good: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Updating your email password could also be a good idea especially if the attacker have access to your email account and then can have your new passwords sent to that email address.

By: JIA

JIA — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:23:46 +0000

I {still-hopefully not anymore} had an unknown hacker, post obscene and pornographic endorsements on my personal websites,even after changing my usernam and password several times.These pointers have been useful for me.Thanks a lot and GOD BLESS,Tremendously.

By: Andreas from Xavier Media

Andreas from Xavier Media — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:40:33 +0000

Having different passwords, use passwords with symbols and keeping all software on the server up to date are the important things you need to focus on to make sure your site is as hard as possible to hack. I'm glad you got help from Hostgator to solve the problems because I know of some other hosts that don't even care if their servers contain malware and they strictly refuse to help any customers having problems. The sad thing is that these web hosts keep such a low price that the customer keep returning anyway….

By: jj-momscashblog

jj-momscashblog — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:17:31 +0000

Hey Andreas, great post and I liked using trying out your "password generator" which I found very useful. Smart guy making a "password generator"… I was amazed at the time table you gave for some words to be cracked. I know from experience back in Sept. when my blog got hit with a malware problem and after having Hostgator, and Google finally cleaning and clearing my blog as being cleaned…I was advised to get all new passwords for my wordpress and different accts. I had help from one of the techs from HG and I really picked ones that I have to look up in a notebook even now. Like you suggested I have lots of symbols and upper, lower case and I can see why its so important. I hope everyone that reads this post will really think about changing their passwords and using your password generator.Thanks for a great post Andreas. Happy New Year! jj