Data Savvy Hackers Enhance Password Vulnerability In 2019

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Data Savvy Hackers Enhance Password Vulnerability In 2019

Password Security in the Age of Big Data
Changing Your Passwords in the Machine Learning Era
Your Amazon Password
Your Netflix/Amazon Prime Account
All Of Your Online Casino Passwords
Your Spotify Account
Your Mobile Phone Account
Beware of Insecure Passwords in the Big Data World

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Machine learning and other big data technology has rendered password security a greater concern.
Password Security in the Age of Big Data</ Some of the ways that hackers use machine learning is with cracking passwords or outright stealing them.
How effective is machine learning for breaking passwords?
One study found that password crackers using machine learning and other big data tools are very effective.
One password cracker used a more sophisticated machine learning tool and was able to boost effectiveness by up to 73%.
You should recognize the need to update passwords in a world where hackers have highly advanced machine learning tools at their fingertips.
Changing Your Passwords in the Machine Learning Era
If the hackers don’t get you, eventually, one of the companies you’ve entrusted to keep your data secure will be exploited, and your password and email information will be dumped all over the internet
It’s precisely because old passwords and similar data get leaked that you should always make sure you not only pick a secure password, but you change it regularly.
You’re happy with your passwords, and you’re confident that your important accounts are secure.
You’ve probably put real effort into making sure nobody has access to your social media passwords, or the password to your email account.
When’s the last time you changed the password to your Amazon account?
All someone needs to do is access your account to find your payment details – and they you’re in trouble.
Online slots and other casino games are the only forms of gambling you should be doing with your account though – you shouldn’t be gambling with an old, weak password.
You almost certainly have an account with them, though, and that account has a password.
Someone who logs into your mobile phone account has access to your payment information.
Today is a good day to rediscover that old account, and pick a new password to eliminate the risk.
Big data has made passwords more vulnerable than ever

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