Women are more password savvy than blokes, according to a new survey. A survey on security awareness by PC Tools found that 47 per cent of men use the same password for every website they visit, compared to just a quarter (26 per cent) of women who use the same insecure practice. Nearly two-thirds of men polled said they would open a link or attachment from a friend without first checking its provenance, compared to a more cautious 48 per cent of women. Despite this apparent blokish complacency, men were generally better informed than women about online risks. For example, 85 per cent of men were aware that channels including IM, email and webpages can be abused to spread malware. Meanwhile, 44 per cent of women were blind to the danger that malicious threats are liable to crop up on sites including Facebook and Twitter.
