How to Stop Reusing Passwords?
We published an article in which 52 percent of users use the same passwords. In the past more than half users used the same passwords to secure two or more websites. www.webroot.com/safe Three years later, it is apparent that the issue of the use of passwords remains an issue. The majority of people are still putting their personal information at risk of being stolen. If they are using passwords at work, they're making their employer at risk of becoming a victim to cybercriminals and hackers. One study cited in Computing magazine suggests that 80 percent of the hacking incidents are related to passwords. Hackers do this by using your duplicate passwords: Credential stuffing Credential stuffing is a method that hackers use to create an extensive list of passwords and usernames in order in order to gain access to the computer system. A computerized script checks thousands of password and username combinations in search of an appropriate match to allow h...