Take cybersecurity seriously: specialist

SplashData Inc., one of the leading providers of password management applications, just came out with its list of the worst passwords of the year.

Not surprisingly, the worst ones are the easy numeric progressions such as 123456 and the word “password.”

That sort of careless online presence is keeping cyber-security specialists such as Jay Smith busy.

Smith, an information security consultant with Winnipeg-based Online Business Systems, says even if someone’s online activity does not include anything that’s deemed valuable enough to steal, there is still a responsibility to avoid being used as a patsy or middleman from which nefarious cyberactivity could be launched. For the full article click here

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