ESET: The dangers that lie in the virtual world of the internet are often not perceived by some users who have grown up in times when there was no Internet and social networks, as opposed to new generations growing in the digital age and more suspicious.
Wanting to help unsuspecting users, ESET's IT Security Specialist Ondrej Kubovic offers some basic rules for secure passwords.
Let's look at what ESET suggests:
- Create a unique password for each account and do not share it with anyone.
- The rule is – the longer the password, the more secure it is. Start with at least 8 characters, but make the code longer if it is used to protect valuable data or accounts. If you have trouble remembering a complex password, you can also choose a passphrase or use one password manager (analyzed below)
- Avoid common words, names, dates, numbers or obvious options such as 12345678, password or qwerty.
- Add a digital part, such as numbers and special characters (@, #,!, etc), or use them in place of some of the letterthem in your password.
- If you choose to replace, try not to use the usual "misspellings", such as replacing "a" with "@" or "i" with "1" or "!".
- Change them regularly codeof access. Here again it is true that the more important the data being protected, the sooner the passwords should be changed.
- One of the most important rules is not to use the same password again in other accounts. In this way, if stolen, only one account is in danger, and it is worth mentioning it even if we repeat it.
In theory, it may sound simple enough, but reality is more complex.
Σύμφωνα με την ESET, πολλαπλές μελέτες έχουν δείξει ότι ο μέσος χρήστης έχει δεκάδες κωδικούς πρόσβασης για έναν ακόμη μεγαλύτερο αριθμό λογαριασμών, γεγονός που δυσχεραίνει τη διαχείρισή τους. Ωστόσο, υπάρχουν στρατηγικές για να παραμείνετε ασφαλείς διευκολύνοντας τη procedure.
The first thing that can help is passwords, or passphrases, which, although larger than passwords, are easier to remember.
Another way is to use a trusted password manager, which stores all the passwords in one place, and the only thing the user needs to remember is one that will allow him to unlock the application.
