San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2013
The Next Web recently reported that Google will soon allow Android users to sync their passwords between the Chrome web browser on their phones and the one on their computers. This upcoming feature gives one less excuse for business owners who use simplistic passwords for their sensitive online accounts.
Imagine the horror of visiting your company website and discovering that a hacker has defaced it, says Jeremy Durant, Business Principle for Bop Design, a San Diego website design agency. Or worse, finding theyve stolen sensitive customer data or cleaned out your online banking account. You may think this only happens to other companies. But get lazy or careless when creating online passwords, and it could easily happen to you.
The world is filled with hackers working around the clock to steal your private information. They employ highly sophisticated tools to crack your security firewalls, and for many of them, figuring out your password is faster and easier than you think.
What To Do
A common tool of hackers is dictionary data attacks automated programs that use lengthy lists of common words to identify passwords