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IT Security Tip #37:Why is it so important to have unique passwords for all your online accounts?
A complex password is a necessity in the current age of cyberthreats, data breaches, and other security incidents. Those of us who live in reality also know how hard it is to keep the seemingly hundreds of passwords straight, secure, and different. Wait, what’s that? All of your passwords aren’t different?
Why is having different passwords so important? When an online retailer, or a website, gets hacked, oftentimes all you hear in the news is about how many credit cards were lost or what the financial damage was. You rarely hear about the user accounts that were compromised. However, if you have an account on a compromised website, the username and password you used very possibly could be published and available to anybody who wants to look at it on the Internet. A clever crook knows that you probably use the same password on the compromised website as you do on your eBay, Amazon, or other online accounts that may have a bank account tied to it. A good enough chance that they’re likely to try it anyway. Sure enough, when you used the same password on your eBay account that you also used to set up an account on the compromised website to reserve hotel rooms, buy clothes, or whatever else, the hacker now has your eBay credentials.
It is possible to keep the password madness under control. Ask us for tricks to having unique but memorable passwords. You might be surprised by how easy it really is. The bottom line is that no matter how much of a pain it is, it is very important to have different passwords for each online account.
Microsoft Tips for Office
Use Microsoft Teams to keep it all organized
Stay in touch no matter where you are with Microsoft Teams. Get to your files on OneDrive, have online meetings and calls, chat with a few colleagues, or make posts to your whole team. Everything you need for productive collaborative work is there.
Shortcut of the Week
Read, Understand, and Watch for Tricks
One of the most common mistakes a new computer user makes is agreeing to dialog text boxes, agreements, or other prompts without reading the dialog text box or understanding it. Before clicking any Ok or an install button, make sure you understand what you are doing. If you don’t understand the prompt, click the Cancel button or close the box. If there is no way to close the prompt try pressing the Esc key.
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