It's password re-use, and social engineering. Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 11, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Larry Seltzer <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you mean that social engineering is the main threat? If so, maybe it's > good that users have complicated passwords they can't remember, lest they > give them up to the wrong people. > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Drsolly <[email protected]> wrote: > Also true that brute force attacks, or dictionary attacks, aren't the main > threat. > > On Wed, 10 Aug 2011, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: > > > http://xkcd.com/936/ > > > > Too true. Also too bad that so many sites limit you to 14-16 characters ... > > > > ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) > > [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] > > Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing > > - Werner von Braun > > victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links > > http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ > > http://twitter.com/rslade > > _______________________________________________ > > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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