Archangel Tyrael Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Suggests you nip online and change your password now. Xbox LIVE General Manager Alex Garden says Microsoft has "worked hard these last several months" to bolster security measures on the online service. The firm has made several improvements and changes to further protect your account and personal details in the aftermath of the widely-reported FIFA hacking outbreak. In Garden's words, here are some of the changes made: -We've increased notifications to members whose accounts may be compromised to add proofs, update their passwords, and, if necessary, contact Xbox support. This helps our team lock down an account quickly, investigate and restore the account to the rightful owner. - We've taken legal action to pull down online posts of gamertags, usernames and passwords gathered from malware or phishing schemes to help protect our members. Our Xbox LIVE Spring update included many behind the scenes improvements that help us build on security enhancements for the near future. - We're sending unique codes to the security phone numbers and secondary email addresses provided by members to verify authorization for Xbox.com purchases or account change attempts not stemming from a member's trusted device. - We're working to reduce market incentives for criminal activity. Engaging in identity theft, trading in stolen accounts and committing credit card fraud are illegal and violate our Terms of Use. Those involved in these activities risk criminal prosecution, account and console bans. That goes for both sellers and buyers of known stolen accounts and content. Garden goes on to recommend that you nip online today and change your MS password, if you haven't done so already. Particularly if your password is "password" or "12345", which are apparently still top of the most common passwords according to Garden. The full statement is through the link below. [ Source: Official Site ] The information shown was from CVG/computerandvideogames.com http://www.computerandvideogames.com/358744/microsoft-enhances-xbox-live-security/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Dog Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 My name is Absolute Dog and I approve this message. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Shows microsoft care about their community Well done MS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Wade Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Too much security! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel of Death D20 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Awesome! And who says ms and their stuff sucks? guess it's the id10t error lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SykoWolf Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Great news, this is why i prefer Xbox over PS, it just seems like they made Xbox live waaay better then PSN.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel of Death D20 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Also keep this in mind, the PS network did make a comment about how they have never been hacked. Days later....well we all know what happened lol. Anyway one of the well known key elements of cyber secuirty, Never Ever brag about your security or even worse claim: "we can't be hacked" there are black hats who see it as a game and when they see that it's just egging them on to breaking it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SykoWolf Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 True, dont egg Hackers on, EVER its a stupid mistake cause they see it as a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel of Death D20 Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 True, dont egg Hackers on, EVER its a stupid mistake cause they see it as a challenge. Correction, don't egg Black Hats on, White Hats have a strict code of conduct that they follow. I would know, I"m training to become one. They are also called Ethical Hackers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SykoWolf Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Correction, don't egg Black Hats on, White Hats have a strict code of conduct that they follow. I would know, I"m training to become one. They are also called Ethical Hackers. True, forgot about you guys Either way dont Egg, BAD hackers on, they will see it as a challenge and to their best to destroy the system, which is bad for all of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel of Death D20 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 True, forgot about you guys Either way dont Egg, BAD hackers on, they will see it as a challenge and to their best to destroy the system, which is bad for all of us They see it as a game, they care not who they hurt, or what is done in regards to it. They do what they want because they want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robius5991 Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Well, I'm glad that Microsoft is still concerned with our security. I suppose they're willing to do anything to avoid an incident like what happenned to the Playstation 3 like 2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerdude1635 Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 I never wanted to change my password, nothing important is connected to my email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Well, I guess that's always comforting to know. lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewin3 Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 (...) Particularly if your password is "password" (...) "Diabolical! How can so many people know that password!? I thought it was so obvious that it's impossible to guess! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fiery Knight Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 "Diabolical! How can so many people know that password!? I thought it was so obvious that it's impossible to guess! Haha, excellent Sarge quote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel of Death D20 Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 "Diabolical! How can so many people know that password!? I thought it was so obvious that it's impossible to guess! When you're training to become an ethical hacker and you have to break into someone's computer and it's extremely difficult to get the password from them then the following are the most commonly used passwords: *no password at all, LITTERALLY!* love, secret, sex, admin, administrator, hacker, and the infamous: password Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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