[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