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The Big Security Blunder by Apple

It was recently announced that Apple’s FileVault software had a serious error that exposed user’s passwords.  FileVault is a program that stores users passwords on their computer.  A programming mistake caused the passwords to be stored as plain text instead of encrypted.  That means that anyone one – or any malicious bot – could have stolen passwords without any effort.

Apple has fixed the flaw and it is recommended that all users apply the appropriate update.  The update affected the OS X Lion operating system. It is always good security practice to keep your computer up to date with the latest software releases.

If you were infected, you should create new passwords using our password generator just to be on the safe side.  It never hurts to be more secure.

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Most Common Passwords

Everytime hackers release a set of usernames and passwords, it give analysts a chance to see passwords that people use in the real world.  Here is a list of the top 25 passwords from an attack on Sony in December 2010.

seinfeld
password
winner
123456
purple
sweeps
contest
princess
maggie
9452
peanut
shadow
ginger
michael
buster
sunshine
tigger
cookie
george
summer
taylor
bosco
abc123
ashley
bailey

source: Troy Hunt

You can bet that every hacker has these passwords in their brute force dictionary. The next time they attack a network they will try these passwords. If you use one of these – or another easy to remember password – your account will be compromised.

Use our random password generator to get a better, safer password today.