24 July 2011

Easy-to-Guess Passwords Open Door to #Hackers

The phone-hacking scandal at News Corp.'s defunct News of the World U.K. tabloid exposes how vulnerable phones remain to snooping, security experts say. The chief reasons are the insecurity of two crucial numbers: the passwords people choose to protect their messages, which often are brief and easy to guess; and cellphone numbers themselves, which can be turned against phone owners to tap into their voice messages.
Link: http://bit.ly/oo1pix

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