Tuesday, January 21, 2014

A NEW "KING OF THE HILL"

YES, USING THE WORD "PASSWORD" FOR YOUR PASSWORD HAS BEEN KNOCKED OFF THE TOP SPOT






In a year where we saw hacks into Adobe, various Internet email sites, etc. there had to be a shakeup of 2013's worst passwords used. Splashdata [security firm] comprised a list of the worst 25 passwords used last year, and they were:


Here's the full list of worst passwords from 2013, according to Splashdata:
  1. 123456
  2. password
  3. 12345678
  4. qwerty
  5. abc123
  6. 123456789
  7. 111111
  8. 1234567
  9. iloveyou
  10. adobe123
  11. 123123
  12. admin
  13. 1234567890
  14. letmein
  15. photoshop
  16. 1234
  17. monkey
  18. shadow
  19. sunshine
  20. 12345
  21. password1
  22. princess
  23. azerty
  24. trustno1
  25. 000000
Hopefully none of these were used by you, and that you've already read my Blog posts on how to be creative when choosing a password. This list came from an article on PC Worlds website and you can read it HERE.

'Nuff Said,
Brian

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