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Monday review - the hot 17 stories of the week
OK, these aren't just the hot 17 stories of the past week, but of the two weeks before that, too.
If, like us, you've been enjoying some downtime over the Christmas and New Year holidays, here's your quickest way to get back up to speed with Naked Security...
Windows passwords: "Dead in Six Hours" - paper from Oslo password hacking conference
The total number of Windows passwords you can construct using eight keyboard characters is vast: one followed by 16 zeros, or near enough.
Gone in six hours.
Plus you get to heat your house at the same time.
SHA-1 brute-force attack trimmed by 21% - paper from Oslo password hacking conference
Jens Steube, author of the pasword cracking tool hashcat, can make your SHA-1 password cracking tool 25% faster.
Just like that.
Facebook hacking and godawful gold lamé sneakers
How "devious cyberjerks" locked one user out, hijacked her account, spammed her friends, stole her mail, compromised her bank account, cashed credit card-linked checks, and tried to pawn off some (to her taste) truly godawful gold lamé sneakers.
World abuzz over single-atom transistor which "may yield computer with unparalleled computational efficiency"
How far can nanotech go?
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney today officially announced the publication of a paper entitled A single-atom transistor. And there, it would seem, you have it. What more is there to say?
![Password security infomerical leaves Ellen DeGeneres in disbelief.. and it will you too [VIDEO]](http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ellen-thumb.jpg?w=75&h=75&crop=1)
![Can multiple moving cursors really hide your password from spyware and peepers? [VIDEO]](http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cursors-thumb.jpg?w=75&h=75&crop=1)
![Hacked TV channels broadcast zombie apocalypse emergency alert [VIDEO]](http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/zombie-thumb.jpg?w=75&h=75&crop=1)
