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The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - Edward - 10-24-2012
Quote: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
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - ๖ۣۣۜۜFear - 10-25-2012
It seems that password will be at the top of the list, forever. Thanks for this, going to use this.
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - Diego - 10-25-2012
Crap! now i have to change my password. Thanks. :dodgy:
Also most of my passwords are all numbers. I will sometimes use password though.
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - Cyanide and Cynicism - 10-25-2012
Love how people would use these passwords.
Thanks for the share.
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - DrBlowFish - 10-25-2012
Is it bad that I use one of those?
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - Cyanide and Cynicism - 10-25-2012
(10-25-2012, 12:36 AM)DrBlowFish Wrote: Is it bad that I use one of those?
Yes.
Change it now or your chance for AIDS skyrockets.
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - Charon - 10-25-2012
Interesting to see this, thanks for posting!
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - EquinoxRhyme - 10-26-2012
always idiots use password as password, the people who think they are smart use, password1, and then people use password1!. Lol
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - Andrew - 10-29-2012
the notorious password haha
RE: The 25 Worst Passwords of the Year - Merkuri - 10-29-2012
123123123 is bad password too