Do you think that your password is clever and smart? Well,
think again, as a few days back more than 4, 50,000 yahoo accounts were hacked by
the intruders. Here’s the list of most commonly used passwords that you need to
avoid.
Using Birthday as
password
Most people are forgetful and hence they try using birthdays
as passwords. But they forget it can be easily decoded by the hackers by trying
a few combinations.
Personal Name and
Relatives Names
Giving pseudonyms as a password is a great option,
especially when they are combined with numbers or figures. But be careful that
you don’t provide a hint to the questions, as hackers can easily guess it.
Sports team names
Most people in U.K use
liverpool as the password as it is easiest to type. Also people who love watching
professional games like hockey, football, baseball, use the names of their team
as password. It is the biggest mistake that one can commit.
Monkey
This is one among commonly used password, while no one knows
the actual reason why it used as a password. The only reason can be it is
easily typed or memorized.
Abc123
It is the commonly hit passwords because the combinations
are easy to guess. Most people use it because these digits are easy to
memorize. Even the automated software use abc123 or 123abc as a password to log
in to the online accounts. Unfortunately, hackers can hit your password in a
flash of second.
QWERTY and yuiop passwords
At the first instance, the passwords like QWERTY or yuiop (passwords
in a straight line) seem to be unique and hard to guess, but the reality is hackers
have the database of both alphabetical patterns and keyboard patterns which is most
commonly used by the people.
Numerical passwords
If you think that by writing numerical passwords like 123456
you’re safe. It’s a myth. Even the number written in backward or in a jumbled
way can’t escape hackers hit.
Password
The researchers concluded with this fact that password is
one among the commonly used password since ages. Using this password can affect
the confidentiality of the data and hackers can access your personal
information easily. Even if you are thinking of adding numeric digits to the
password like password 123 mark my words- it would be a vain attempt.
Synonyms of password
Another commonly hit password is synonym of password letmein.
Unfortunately, countless number of people uses this password for multiple
accounts ignoring the fact that intruders can easily access their information.
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