In the grand scheme of things, the Heartbleed bug was pretty bad… but it certainly wasn’t any worse than some of the silly stuff some folks try to get away with every day in terms of security. Like using “Admin” as your WordPress username. Using “Admin” as a username is ridiculously stupid. Not only is it easily hacked,…
Web Safety and Security
Think you know what a strong password is? You’re probably wrong!
Common sense on what a “strong” password is has changed a little bit. Chances are, you might think a strong password is: (at least) one upper-case letter (at least) one lower-case letter (at least) one symbol (at least) one number And as a result, you’ve probably generated a password something like this: $ax0ph0n3 – Right? Turns out, that…