Your password is valuable, but many people do not believe – News SIN – National Information Services

INTERNATIONAL WRITING .- The passwords have been part of us for many years. They are the most widely used to access different platforms and internet service method, although many experts predict his future replacement for biometric systems today are still the main method of security.

However, despite that users are increasingly aware that security, one in five Spanish Internet users believe that your passwords are not valuable or effective in case of an orchestrated attack by cybercriminals, as reflected in a study by security firms Kaspersky Lab and B2B International.

The situation is further framed in a context that cyber attacks have accumulated in the last year causing significant problems for companies like Sony or Apple, what which has further fueled the flame of perception of insecurity by many internet users. “Passwords are the keys to input the personal data of account holders, to privacy and even your money. And if stolen, the consequences can affect not only individual users, but also their contacts’ warning from Kaspersky Lab.

Although technology companies increase the tools to combat cyber criminals, most Users still unknown effects of some techniques cybercrime and fraud in Red able to steal not only the credentials, but jeopardize the machine or device that works.

In fact, experts insist where a simple email committed gives access to the scammers to each account that the user is connected through the messages it receives notification of records or responses to requests for password recovery. “A compromised account on a social networking site allows advertising to spread spam and malicious links. A password of an account with online storage provides cybercriminals the ability to obtain financial data and spend other people’s money “they said.

The report notes that more than half (54%) of the Spanish users of new technologies considered valuable passwords and do not wish that these fall into the hands of cybercriminals, while 20% of respondents’ saw no inherent value “passwords for criminals.

In addition to this, the experts are concerned about a large percentage of the user who is unaware of passwords, even not implement the tips in creating secure passwords (combine letters and numbers, more than eight characters, avoid personal names or personal dates).

Only 22% of users have a different password for each account, while 4% of respondents use a special password storage software. However, 12% of respondents write their passwords in a notebook, 9% saves them in a file on the device, while 3% of them leaves them a sticker near your computer. At the same time, 18% of users to freely share their personal accounts passwords with family members and friends

“A password is like the key to your house.; would not leave the door open without putting the latch, or give the keys in a place where anyone could find them, just because you think you have nothing of value. The only complex passwords for each account carefully stored in a safe place, will save you a lot of trouble, “added

Source:. BAC.es