[Edward]

SplashData, which provides password management applications, has published its annual list of the "25 worst passwords of the year". While the top three entries haven't changed from last year's list, there are several new contenders this year with "welcome", "ninja", "mustang", "jesus" and "password1".

Unchallenged as the most used, yet terrible password is still the simple "password", with an ascending sequence of the first six and eight numbers in a row making up the remainder of the top three. Classics like "qwerty", "monkey", "iloveyou" and "master" are still featuring prominently, as are "baseball", "football" and other simple dictionary words.

Interesting article. Now you know which passwords to crack with, haha.
On a more serious note, I think this shows that people need to focus more on password strength. Simple dictionary words are no longer enough, as you can see.

Here's the list:

Code:

1. password (Unchanged)
2, 123456 (Unchanged)
3. 12345678 (Unchanged)
4. abc123 (Up 1)
5. qwerty (Down 1)
6. monkey (Unchanged)
7. letmein (Up 1)
8. dragon (Up 2)
9. 111111 (Up 3)
10. baseball (Up 1)
11. iloveyou (Up 2)
12. trustno1 (Down 3)
13. 1234567 (Down 6)
14. sunshine (Up 1)
15. master (Down 1)
16. 123123 (Up 4)
17. welcome (New)
18. shadow (Up 1)
19. ashley (Down 3)
20. football (Up 5)
21. jesus (New)
22. michael (Up 2)
23. ninja     (New)
24. mustang (New)
25. password1 (New)

Source: The H

[๖ۣۣۜۜFear]

It seems that password will be at the top of the list, forever. Thanks for this, going to use this.

[Diego]

Crap! now i have to change my password. Thanks. :dodgy:
Also most of my passwords are all numbers. I will sometimes use password though.

[Cyanide and Cynicism]

Love how people would use these passwords.

Thanks for the share.

[DrBlowFish]

Is it bad that I use one of those?

[Cyanide and Cynicism]

Is it bad that I use one of those?

Yes.

Change it now or your chance for AIDS skyrockets.

[Charon]

Interesting to see this, thanks for posting!

[EquinoxRhyme]

always idiots use password as password, the people who think they are smart use, password1, and then people use password1!. Lol

[Andrew]

the notorious password haha

[Merkuri]

123123123 is bad password too