{"id":21544,"date":"2011-04-20T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T17:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=21544"},"modified":"2011-04-20T12:11:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T17:11:03","slug":"bits-from-bill-pytlovany-password-security-questions-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/bits-from-bill-pytlovany-password-security-questions-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Password Security Questions Suck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/billpwp.jpg\" alt=\"billpwp\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Pytlovany<\/p>\n<p>My mothers maiden name was Sullivan, my first pet was named Snoopy, my fathers middle name was Joseph and I was born in Schenectady, NY. I can tell you because I would never use real answers in any so called security questions.&#160; While it\u2019s handy when forgetting your password it\u2019s the easiest way to have your password reset and stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, companies still use these questions with answers that are publically available and having numbers, letters and special characters in your password won\u2019t help you. Truth is programs that keep trying different word combinations are obsolete. Your password will most likely be incorrectly stored and stolen by someone you do business with or figured out using data in the password security or \u201cchallenge\u201d question.<\/p>\n<p>Remember when Sarah Palin\u2019s Email was compromised? It wasn\u2019t some brilliant hacker, it was someone who Google\u2019d where Palin attended high school.<\/p>\n<p>So are there really companies that still use predicable and lame questions? I won\u2019t say who but the following were actually from a banking site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/PasswordSecurityQuestionsSuck_14D47\/question1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"question1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"question1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/PasswordSecurityQuestionsSuck_14D47\/question1_thumb.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/PasswordSecurityQuestionsSuck_14D47\/question2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"question2\" border=\"0\" alt=\"question2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/PasswordSecurityQuestionsSuck_14D47\/question2_thumb.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/PasswordSecurityQuestionsSuck_14D47\/question3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"question3\" border=\"0\" alt=\"question3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/PasswordSecurityQuestionsSuck_14D47\/question3_thumb.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a>    <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/PasswordSecurityQuestionsSuck_14D47\/question4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"question4\" border=\"0\" alt=\"question4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/PasswordSecurityQuestionsSuck_14D47\/question4_thumb.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a>     <br \/>And people wonder why I don\u2019t list my birthday on Facebook?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Results<\/strong>     <br \/>So what typically happens when someone get your Email and password?    <br \/>First it\u2019s usually not personal. Once your Email is compromised it\u2019s entered into an automated program. The program will log in and collect all the names and Email addresses from your contact list. It could be on AOL, GMail or Outlook; your address book is easy to access programmatically.<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t be long before the program breaks up your contacts and sends them all an Email with either a link to malware or something as benign as an advertisement for Viagra.&#160; It could just be an ad because these guys could be earning a couple cents for every view. Since it\u2019s all automated it could add up to thousands of Euro a month. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billpstudios.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/password-security-questions-suck.html\" target=\"_blank\">Article continued here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with Bill&#8217;s permission from his <a href=\"http:\/\/billpstudios.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/billpwp.jpg\" alt=\"bill p\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Pytlovany<\/p>\n<p>Why do companies still use these predictable and lame 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