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Search Tech-Forums - link takes you to our Forum's search page. Note: The following is only a text archive! To view the actual forum discussion, please visit our website at http://www.tech-forums.net Pages:1 Weak Passwords Really Do Help Hackers(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: Warez Monster Straight out of the Department of ND (no duh), we have a new study that says weak passwords really do help hackers. Ya think? I guess the most alarming part is the frequency of the intrusion attempts. Left online for 24 days to see how hackers would attack them, four Linux computers with weak passwords were hit by some 270,000 intrusion attempts -- about one attempt every 39 seconds, according to a study conducted by a researcher at the University of Maryland. [url]http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128823-c,hackers/article.html[/url] Posted by: Enterpriser I am surprised "guest" was not used more than it was. Posted by: alexsabree wow...are viruses this common?? vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2003, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. PPC Management vB Easy Archive Final - Created by Xenon |