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Poor Passwords A Worse Problem Than Poor Antivirus

Posted by timothy on from the sure-is-for-me dept.

dasButcher writes "Viruses and worms get all the headlines, but poor password management is a worse problem according to a new study by Channel Insider and CompTIA. As Larry Walsh writes in his Security Channel blog, VARs and security service providers say they find more problems with password management than antivirus applications when they do security assessments. While password problems are nothing new, Walsh and those posting on his blog correctly assert that users remain cavalier about passwords and businesses are doing too little to address this serious vulnerability."

6 of 247 comments (clear)

  1. My password isn't guessable. by XPeter · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's password! How ingenious is that?

    Oh, wait...

    --
    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Poor passwords in TV shows by Kligat · · Score: 2, Funny

    When the password is the name of the computer owner's son, daughter, or significant other, why is it that the main character never has to fiddle around altering names by replacing random letters with 1337 or @, $, and # signs?

  4. Re:mod down by Nerdfest · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's ok. Compared to the typical post these days it's refreshingly informative.

  5. Re:Sunflowers aren't so bad by mwbeatty · · Score: 2, Funny

    But they do it on TV all the time! You mean the technology on those cop shows isn't real?

  6. 1-2-3-4-5.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    that's something an idiot would have on his luggage!!!