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'Operation Phish Phry' Nets 100 Alleged Phishermen
Oct 7th, 2009 - ChannnelWeb
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation worked with authorities in Egypt to uncover a sophisticated phishing scheme in an operation dubbed "Phish Phry" that resulted in charges against 100 defendants in the two countries.Those defendants...
Gmail also hit by e-mail phishing scheme
Oct 6th, 2009 - CNET
Hotmail users aren't the only ones who've been hit by a phishing scheme over the past week. Google told BBC News on Tuesday that Gmail users have also been affected by the hackers who posted passwords online.
Google targeted in e-mail scam
Oct 6th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
More than 30,000 account details have been posted online Google has confirmed to BBC News that its e-mail system - Gmail - has been targeted as part of an "industry-wide phishing scheme".
Hackers hit more email accounts
Oct 6th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
More than 20,000 e-mail addresses have been seen by the BBC. The scale of a phishing attack originally thought to be directed at Hotmail may be larger than previously thought.
Hackers breach Hotmail accounts
Oct 5th, 2009 - The Sun
HACKERS have infiltrated more than 10,000 Hotmail accounts and posted the passwords online, it was reported today. Hotmail users were sweating over whether their confidential details have been put on the internet after the suspected security breach.

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Bloody Passwords (reposted)
maybe i was showing too much, maybe i wasn't. Who cares. Sorry i went nuts
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Password Plus - Kirstie Alley
Years before Kirstie Alley was advertising weight loss commercials, she made her mark on game shows. Here's a clip of Kirstie Alley on Password Plus in 1980
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Hacking WiFi Passwords with Cowpatty, plus Vista Security Hacks!
How to steal WPA-PSK keys using the recently updated Cowpatty and some damn fine lookup tables. Also connecting ESXi to iSCSI targets with FreeNAS. And how to completely bypass local Windows logins with a Kernel modifyin' boot cd? w00t!
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How to recover lost passwords with Ophcrack
I am showing how to recover lost passwords with Ophcrack Live CD. Ophcrack: ophcrack.sourceforge.net 1. Burn the iso on a CD. 2. Insert the CD into your first CD 3. Reboot your machine, enter BIOS and boot from CD ...

Passwords from WikiPedia:

A password is a secret word or string of characters that is used for authentication, to prove identity or gain access to a resource (Example: An access code is a type of password). The password must be kept secret from those not allowed access.

The use of passwords is known to be ancient. Sentries would challenge those wishing to enter an area or approaching it to supply a password or watchword. Sentries would only allow a person or group to pass if they knew the password. In modern times, user names and passwords are commonly used by people during a log in process that controls access to protected computer operating systems, mobile phones, cable TV decoders, automated teller machines (ATMs), etc. A typical computer user may require passwords for many purposes: logging in to computer accounts, retrieving e-mail from servers, accessing programs, databases, networks, web sites, and even reading the morning newspaper online.