Gamer Safety Week: 2/10 - 2/14

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/news/current/00Hbl/

Greetings, Maplers!

This week is Gamer Safety Week and Nexon has united with the Gamer Safety Alliance and Merchant Risk Council to make sure that the personal information of our players is as safe and secure as can be.

According to a 2013 study conducted by Kaspersky Lab, gamers have been the victims of 11.7 million worldwide hacking attacks. There are currently 4.6 million pieces of gaming-focused malware on the web, with an average of 34,000 attacks on gamers occurring daily.

MapleStory is all about fun and community, and we want to keep that community safe. To that end, we're dedicating February 10 – 14 to security awareness. Some of the steps below may seem simple, but if you follow them, your account, and by proxy all Nexon accounts, will be safer for it.

Not only do we want a Better Maple, we want a Safer Maple. Help us and help your community!

Make a Secure Password

The best password is one that is long and mixed with letters, numbers and special characters. Choose a password that's complicated but easy to remember. Don't rely on common words, birthdays, addresses, or anything that would be easy to guess. We know you love MapleStory, but "iheartmaple" might be too obvious of a password.

Do Not Use the Top 25 Most Common Passwords

Below you'll find a list of the most overused online passwords. If you see yours, you should change it immediately. Malicious users will always test these passwords during their first line of attack, so strengthen your account's defenses with a stellar password.

1. 123456
   
2. password
   
3. 12345678
   
4. qwerty
   
5. abc123
   
6. 123456789
   
7. 111111
   
8. 1234567
   
9. iloveyou
   
10. adobe123
    
11. 123123
    
12. admin
    
13. 1234567890
    
14. letmein
    
15. photoshop
    
16. 1234
    
17. monkey
    
18. shadow
    
19. sunshine
    
20. 12345
    
21. password1
    
22. princess
    
23. azerty
    
24. trustno1
    
25. 000000
    

Change Your Password Often

Nowadays, it's pretty hard to keep track of all our online accounts, so many people only utilize one password for everything they do online. Even if said password is strong, if a hacker cracks it, then they'll have access to all of your accounts. Make sure all your accounts have unique credentials, and if you do need to write them down, make sure it's somewhere safe (preferably not on your computer).

With popular retailers and internet companies coming under attack as well, it has never been more important to protect your personal information. If you shopped at a compromised retailer or used an at-risk online service, you should change your password immediately. To play it safe, we recommend you change your password every three months. And don't forget about your PIC- it is Nexon's second line of defense against unauthorized logins.

Download Security Updates For Your Computer

No matter what device you're playing MapleStory on, make sure you have the latest security update installed. Most computers will automatically prompt you when a new update is available, but it's always safe to double-check.

Install Virus Protection Software

Make sure your computer has virus, spyware and malware protection software installed, such as Norton Antivirus, and update it regularly. Viruses are always evolving, so make sure your computer is prepared.

Turn On Browser Phishing Filters

Almost all web browsers come equipped with filters that help detect fraudulent emails. Phishers often send out emails using the domain names of legitimate websites, hoping to fool unsuspecting users of said sites. Phishing filters reveal the real domain names of such emails.

Never Share Your Account Info

The easiest way to have your personal info stolen is to share your account info with others. Even if you know the person asking for your credentials, if anyone but you have access to your passwords and usernames, you are at risk. Always keep such information private, just as you would other important information such as your credit cards, social security number, etc.

Nexon Employees Will Never Ask For Your Personal Information

Nexon Game Masters and Customer Support Representatives will never ask for your personal information. If someone claiming to be a Nexon employee is asking for your info, then they are a malicious user and are impersonating a Nexon employee. You should block them immediately.

Remember Our Official Domain: nexon.net

If you receive any emails offering NX, items or anything else that sounds too good to be true, make sure its domain name is correct. If it didn't come from nexon.net, then it's almost definitely a scam. In addition, utilize the browser phishing filters mentioned above.

Follow these steps and stay safe out there, Maplers!

Kinda related: https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Looks like I'm safe.... until a certain company has a data leak off course

 Spoiler

My forum password however....

 Spoiler

Kinda related: https://howsecureismypassword.net/

"It would take a desktop PC about 11 septendecillion years to crack your password"
Aw yiss.

On the topic of it being "Gamer Safety Week" though, you think they'd at least give us a free item lock or something to help promote it.

On the topic of it being "Gamer Safety Week" though, you think they'd at least give us a free item lock or something to help promote it.

Item locks not being free is already very stupid to begin with.
They don't cost much tho...

"It would take a desktop PC about 11 septendecillion years to crack your password"
Aw yiss.

On the topic of it being "Gamer Safety Week" though, you think they'd at least give us a free item lock or something to help promote it.

Item locks are practically free already. If 300,000 meso is more than you can afford for safeguarding an item, that item must not be worth enough to be stolen anyway.

Only problem with item locks is that you can only buy one (of each duration) at a time and need to keep moving in and out of the cash shop, with attendant risk of disconnecting. Quite the hassle if you want to lock more than a couple of items.

I'd feel a whole lot more safer if they'd throw in a 2x miracle time this weekend

Kinda related: https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Looks like I'm safe.... until a certain company has a data leak off course

 Spoiler

My forum password however....

 Spoiler

Or just a day or two if they have a keylogger or a RAT on your computer.

I wonder how common the password unlock is.

Hm, so my standard passwords would take 4 thousand years to crack and my secure one would take 377 billion years.

Can we put special characters as our password?

And here I was thinking gamer "safety" week was about playing healthy (as in NOT ten hours a day for several weeks in a rush to get to 250).
Silly me. That would cut down on profits.

"It would take a desktop PC about 4 quintillion years to crack my password!"

https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Oh yes.

Why are you idiots submitting your confidential passwords to websites they don't belong to?
In a thread about account safety and security, no less.

Why are you idiots submitting your confidential passwords to a website that isn't what they belong to?

How can you be sure this idiot didn't insert a fake password?

How can you be sure this idiot didn't insert a fake password?

Gotta at least make sure people think twice about this, just in case they aren't as clever as you are and get inspired to do stupid things.

We know you love MapleStory, but "iheartmaple" might be too obvious of a password.

LOL.

I'd feel a whole lot more safer if they'd throw in a 2x miracle time this weekend

YES. please!
LF> Miracle time

Lovely passwords, Nexon. <3

Best Nexon passwords NA.

Nexon Account: 82 septillion years
WoW Account: 63 million years

I think I'm good.

One of my common passwords: 0.544195584 seconds
One of my common passwords: 276 days
Another common password: 48 thousand years

I should just get a line from one of Shakespeare's plays and make it my password.

Whyshouldadog,ahorse,arat,havelife,andthounobreathatall?
370 septemvigintillion years

"It would take a desktop PC about 4 quintillion years to crack my password!"

https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Oh yes.

That would only be true if they used bruteforcing, keyloggers will get it no matter how strong the password is.