Working within the IT industry, I have a tendency to take my account security very seriously wherever I really need to.  Sure there are times when I will sign up for something for a quick trial and don’t worry too much about it, but in those instances I just use a throw away e-mail address and nothing linked to my...

A little while back I read an article about what the top passwords for 2011 were.  By “top passwords” they mean what are the most common passwords from compromised accounts on one site or another.  I can’t find the exact article, but I believe the researchers tested it on hotmail accounts.  After seeing...