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Passwords

I couldn’t sleep last night. Probably too much caffeine or coding, most people count sheep to help them sleep. I thought I’d invent an authorisation system
The basic idea is that a password is replaced with a Text file key and PIN number, so a user only needs to remember a 4 digit [...]

Posted 11 May 2007 † Gareth Heyes § Security § php ‡ Comments (3)

How to prevent phishing

Phishing is not a security problem; it is user education that is the issue. Why do the majority of phishing attacks fail? Simple. Because users are clever enough to realise it is not the site that is sending the email.
So if the majority of phishing attacks fail, why do some users fall for the scams? [...]

Posted 11 April 2007 † Gareth Heyes § Security ‡ Comments (1)