Microsoft offers tips in keeping your Microsoft account more secure

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Published onJuly 17, 2012

published onJuly 17, 2012

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How many times have you read about a security issue that exposed sensitive customer account information such as passwords and credit card information? Microsoft recommends several tips and safety suggestions to ensure your information doesn’t get to the wrong hands.

Since most people reuse passwords between different websites, Microsoft suggests that we use unique passwords, “as criminals have become increasingly sophisticated about taking a list of usernames and passwords from one service and then “replaying” that list against other major account systems.”

Microsoft would also remind you that they will never ask you for your password or other security information via an email. “Any email asking for this information is always a phishing scam designed to lure you into disclosing your password or other account information,” the company explains.

Microsoft recommends following the following steps to better protect yourself from cyber criminals:

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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