SplashData security company published its annual table detailing a list of the worst possible passwords to use. weaker passwords revealed the world and it is quite amazing to passwords still widely used online. The list is also a way to teach simple passwords users do not use, and the types of passwords that are not as safe as people think.
The number one worst password is '123456', which is a reminder not to use strings of numbers as passwords. in the top 10 is also other sequences of numbers such as 12345678, 12345, 123456789 and 1234. Second in the list is probably the most obvious, 'password'. According SpashData, which bases its conclusions on passwords leak 3.3 million last year, requests for simple passwords such as family names, birthdays, sports or hobbies. The rest of the top 10 include 'QWERTY', 'baseball', 'dragon' and 'football'.
Such passwords are especially easy for hackers to penetrate simply finding information on the target. Facebook with personal details so common and many are openly available on user profiles, hackers can easily find personal information such as family, hobbies and interests. Fortunately, more and more websites not only encourage difficult passwords, but even prevent anyone from continuing unless a password of force is used. A combination of letters and numbers ensure the password is difficult to crack. But one of the main problem that remains is that online users tend to use the same password for multiple accounts, if their email, Facebook, Twitter or anything else. So if an account is compromised the rest too.
One way to improve the strength of the password is to use a "password." A combination of four random words, while easier to remember the sequences of letters and numbers, it is also much more difficult for hackers to break. Indeed, having four completely independent words makes it almost impossible to guess, or even through a password breaking program, the number of possibilities makes it much longer process.
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