Two Million Passwords Compromised By Keylogger Virus 174
Ocean Consulting writes "CNN is reporting that over two million passwords from web service companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo have been captured via a key logging virus. The story is based on information released by security firm Trustwave. The report critiques how bad people are at making secure passwords, but does mention the use of Pony Botnet Controller."
I have some bad news and some good news (Score:5, Funny)
The bad news is that 2 million passwords have been compromised.
The good news is that they're all "123456".
For the record (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not bad at making up secure passwords, I'm just bad at remembering them.
Re:I have some bad news and some good news (Score:5, Funny)
not me (Score:5, Funny)
Good thing I almost never key-in my passwords.
I copy them straight off of strongpasswordgenerator.com, and paste them into my password fields.
Hey, if you get a minute. (Score:5, Funny)
Since they haven't published the impacted usernames yet, if one of you has access to the database, could you see if my password is in it?
D0uble!!8R3view
T.I.A.
Re:Hey, if you get a minute. (Score:3, Funny)
I think I've got you beat on entropy:
qbJSK08jPHl3t4u7
They can't crack 95-bit random passwords yet, so I should be totally safe, right?
-Posting as AC because I can't login to my /. account right now. I think must be a temporary glitch.
I'm not bad at guessing other people's passwords!! (Score:4, Funny)
I just have trouble finding the people whom they belong to.
Re:Hey, if you get a minute. (Score:5, Funny)
I'll offer that as a web service.
Just type your most commonly used username/password pairs into my website, and I'll instantly tell you if they're compromised.