Hackable Passwords: Just What The Hackers Ordered!

Can you imagine building an awesome collection of highly valuable domain names, only to have them all stolen from you because a hacker was able to guess your password and transfer your names away? What a nightmare, eh?

Well, it happens to domainers all the time, believe it or not, and, sadly, it is so very preventable. To put it simply: the #1 reason hackers are able to gain access to domain name accounts and steal domain names is because too many people are using weak passwords to secure their accounts.

What is a weak password? Here are some examples:

• "54321"
• "yankees"
• "football"
• your first, middle, last or maiden name
• "cowboys"
• "poetry"
  

I think you get the picture.

I used to work in the IT department of a large law firm, and I learned back then that using a weak password for an "administrator" account would be asking for some serious trouble, trouble that could easily cost a company many millions of dollars in losses.

"How can I make my passwords more secure?" You ask? Easy. Use special characters and numbers in your passwords; by special characters I mean, e.g.

"+" or "$"or "%" or "^" or "!" or "#" or ")" or "(" ...

etc.

Here's an example of a strong password:

"!frag-me^23"

Most registrars will let you use just about any special character you want, and if you find that your preferred registrar doesn't allow you to use a particular special character, simply try another one. There are plenty to choose from.

Click here to read a recent horror story @ NamePros.

Don't make it easy for the hackers! Use strong passwords for all your online accounts, especially for those accounts and activities that really count like online banking, online credit card account management, domain name accounts, etc.

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