Most Common Passwords of 2014
A little late but it's our first post of 2015. SplashData's annual list compiles the millions of stolen passwords made public throughout the year and assembles them in order of popularity. A glance down the list reveals that people are not very good with coming up with passwords, with "123456", "password", "12345", "12345678" and "qwerty" making up the top five. No, really . Now is clearly a good time to remind yourself not to be one of those fools and start using sensible passwords. Just a reminder that a good password should be at least eight (8) characters in length (and preferably even longer than eight characters), not contain dictionary words, should include numbers, and should use symbols such as $, %, &, etc. Even better look at using a service like LastPass to keep your personal information safe. Here's the list. 1. 123456 (Unchanged) 2. password (Unchanged) 3. 12345 (Up 17) 4. 12345678 (Down 1) 5. qwerty (Down 1) 6. 123456789 (Unchanged) 7. 1234 (Up 9) 8. baseball (New) 9. dragon (New) 10. football (New) 11. 1234567 (Down 4) 12. monkey (Up 5) 13. letmein (Up 1) 14. abc123 (Down 9) 15. 111111 (Down 8) 16.mustang (New) 17. access (New) 18. shadow (Unchanged) 19. master (New) 20. michael (New) (am I missing something??) 21. superman (New) 22. 696969 (New) 23. 123123 (Down 12) 24. batman (New) 25. trustno1 (Down 1) (andnotthispasswordeither) via Blogger http://ift.tt/1E83W7y
