Tech Tips: The 25 Worst Passwords of 2011
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In the online world, there's nothing more important than a password. This string of alphanumeric characters is the key to securing all of your online accounts: from your e-mails to different social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, to different account for online games and many more that needed the epic combination of username and password.
The rule of thumb in creating password is that it should be "hard to guess". It should not be a combination of your name or birthday, a name of your father, a sequence of numbers in the keyboard, or a word in the dictionary. Unfortunately, there are those who seems don't have knowledge of the risks and vulnerabilities of using such obvious words as their security protection. The concrete example is the result of the rankings created by Splash Data on the worst passwords ever used by online users. The result was based on the millions of hacked passwords posted by hackers online.
Here's the complete list of 25 worst passwords of 2011:
- 1. password
- 2. 123456
- 3.12345678
- 4. qwerty
- 5. abc123
- 6. monkey
- 7. 1234567
- 8. letmein
- 9. trustno1
- 10. dragon
- 11. baseball
- 12. 111111
- 13. iloveyou
- 14. master
- 15. sunshine
- 16. ashley
- 17. bailey
- 18. passw0rd
- 19. shadow
- 20. 123123
- 21. 654321
- 22. superman
- 23. qazwsx
- 24. michael
- 25. football
As you can see, the word "password" ranks 1st, which means using it as your security key makes your account an easy target for hackers. In simple words, never used these obvious words (as well as words that are identical, similar or having the same patterns of the above listed) to avoid hackers from completely rob anything from your account especially important and confidential data.
Meanwhile, Splash Data provided common but effective tips in choosing a secure, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts:
- 1. Vary different types of characters in your passwords; include numbers, letters and special characters when possible.
- 2. Choose passwords of eight characters or more. Separate short words with spaces or underscores.
- 3. Don’t use the same password and username combination for multiple websites. Use an online password manager to keep track of your different accounts.
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November 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM
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naa ko password ang password nga account! kalingaw.. :]
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