Posted on 01/20/2016 6:32:44 AM PST by 5150 FREEPER
Internet security software firm SplashData has released its annual list of passwords of the worst and most common passwords that you absolutely must not use. If you use any of the ones we list below, you must change them immediately.
They might be easier for you to remember, but they are also equally as easy for hackers to guess. Indeed, many of them are probably preset by malicious software algorithms looking to get into your accounts.
So if you have any wish to keep your money in your bank, your Twitter or Facebook accounts your own, or don't want a spouse to find out about your extramarital affair, the list contains the passwords you need to avoid.
Microsoft has some good tips on how to choose safe, alternative passwords. It says that a good password should be eight or more characters long, not be your user name, real name or company name, and, in fact, not contain a complete word at all.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
1.123456 2.password 3.12345678 4.qwerty 5.12345 6.123456789 7.football 8.1234 9.1234567 10.baseball 11.welcome 12.1234567890 13.abc123 14.111111 15.1qaz2wsx 16.dragon 17.master 18.monkey 19.letmein 20.login 21.princess 22.qwertyuiop 23.solo 24.passw0rd 25.starwars
Darn, these are so much more clever than mine. How could I have missed them?
The Shorter Oxford Dictionary is an excellent source of passwords.
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious works or me...oops : )
Heck, some of mine were F**ky**obama. Guess I have to change it huh?
I've heard differently; that password-cracking programs have lists of many, many words in the language. The best ones are those that have 'special' characters mixed with letters and numbers, but using a '!' instead of a '1', or '$' instead of a 's' might not be quite strong enough for sites or applications where you really, REALLY want to keep the hackers out.
From MST3K:
Letmeontheinformationsuperhighwayyou@$&-++%$##&-$$%!!!!
26:
leaveMEtheEFFalone-123
1.123456
2.password
3.12345678
4.qwerty
5.12345
6.123456789
7.football
8.1234
9.1234567
10.baseball
11.welcome
12.1234567890
13.abc123
14.111111
15.1qaz2wsx
16.dragon
17.master
18.monkey
19.letmein
20.login
21.princess
22.qwertyuiop
23.solo
24.passw0rd
25.starwars
26.admin
If you’re stupid enough to use passwords like this to protect your accounts, you shouldn’t even be using a computer.
0b@m@IsAH0m0$exu@lC0mm13.
I use a combination of words,numbers, and symbols.
The dictionary also includes words that are considered archaic,
which is kind of a shame.
Marko
I always use the same password:
**********
Hey...I’m going to steal that!!
....oh....wait....
As a network and security professional, my recommendation is for users to develop their own personal set of sayings or sentances and then use the first letter of each word in that sentance.
For example:
I Love My Wife - ilmw
Now obviously this is not long enough but it provides an example of how to use this method.
Another method is the two or three word password. The two words selected should not be directly related to you. So no names, or addresses, etc.
Examples:
SkyMaster
NavyOrange
foryourconsideration
For additional security, you can substute numbers for some letters. Number 1 or the ! makes a good substitute for L or I. 2 can be substituted for the word to “to” as in 2day. 3 can replace the letter E (looks like a backwards E. Zero can replace the letter o. So:
SkyMast3r
Navy0range
4yourconsiderat!0n
Fox Mulder’s was “TrustN01”. Surprised that didn’t make the list. Then again the millennials probably have no idea who Fox Mulder is.
NSAmasterpasswordforeverything
My god how did you uncover the password I would have used when I worked there if there had been computers smaller than a room?
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