20 WORST PASSWORDS OF YEAR 2017
Just like the keys to your houses or cars, do you know your “online
keys” are even more important? These online keys are simply your passwords and
passphrases used to login to your personal or workplace accounts such as
computer logons, online portals, internet banking platforms as well as the social
media platforms.
So how conscious are you concerning your passwords and how
strong they are? Year 2017 witnessed a lot of online hack cases across the
world, yet people still use passwords like '123456', “password”, “abcde”, and
so on.
According to a research carried out by SplashData; They examined more than 5 million passwords that were
leaked in 2017. Taking the top two spots for the fourth consecutive year are
the old standbys, "123456" and "password." A number of
variations of each, such as "123456789" and "passw0rd" also
made the list.
Here are the top 20 worst passwords of 2017:
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. 12345
6.
123456789
7. letmein
8. 1234567
9. football
10.
iloveyou
11. admin
12. welcome
13. monkey
14. login
15. abc123
16.
starwars
17. 123123
18. dragon
19.
passw0rd
20. master
WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD?
It’s simple, pay closer attention to what you use to
formulate your passwords. if your password is found on the above list, you should change
it immediately! Recommended approach is using phrases of 8 characters or more,
with mixed types of characters including upper and lower cases. Users should
also create different passwords for each login.
Here are four simple password rules that can be used;
1. Must be up to 8 characters
1. Must
contain both upper case and lower-case letters
2. Must
contain at least 1 digit, and
3. Must
contain at least 1 special character (e.g. #@%!)
Wishing everyone a secured year 2018 ahead!
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