Another article was written about a Trojan that takes over people’s web accounts because of weak passwords. These usually effect one kind of service, like Gmail, hotmail.com, comcast.net, live.com, twitter.com, facebook.com, etc.
For a sanity check you may want to consider trying a slight different version of your existing passwords to ese how strong they are. There are all kinds of mathematics behind what is a better password, but these GREAT sites simply let you know if your password is strong enough or not.
Microsoft Password Strength Checker
How Secure Is My Password?
The Password Meter
WolframAlpha
our favorite Steve Gibson Password Haystack Webpage
For creating a password, consider using Steve Gibson’s Password Generator Webpage
