
There are a number of ways to secure access to online services, but the humble password remains both the strongest – and weakest – link in the chain, whether you’re using a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop PC. Weak passwords can be cracked in a variety of ways, from “brute force” dictionary attacks to simple guess work.It’s incredible to think that many people still use their own names as passwords or easy-to-guess sequences such as “abc123”...