Sunday 1 August 2010

My response to a recent article in the Telegraph


Man who published details of 100m Facebook users 'learning how to break passwords'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7917373/Facebook-security-fears-after-private-details-of-100m-users-leaked-to-web.html

With regards to the Facebook security fears after 'private details of 100m users leaked to web'.

I wanted to very definite responded to this……nothing makes a password truly secure!

Static passwords are fundamentally insecure and signify the biggest security threat facing organisations today. Readily available software such as invisible keyloggers allows hackers to capture every name and password of any user on a network.

Invisible keyloggers have the capability to override the latest security software in order to steal user names and passwords, no matter how long or complex the user makes them. Hackers can and do use this software to extract and manipulate information from user’s e-mail addresses, social media accounts and even IT networks protected by a secure encryption protocol.

Passwords are the softest security target and until people and organisations start adopting strong authentication in the form of for instance two-factor authentication this problem won’t go away

Worrying only a small per cent of businesses use 2FA.

Business of all Sizes have to starting getting there heads of of the clouds and replace static Passwords with Two Factor Authentication
 
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