Is this YOUR password, too?

Source: Nitya Rajan (The Huffington Post UK)

The Worst Passwords Of 2015 Revealed!

Some internet users give precious little thought to online security, and this was made frighteningly apparent on a recent blog via The Huffington Post.

Discover the worst password combinations of 2015 …

The most popular (and worst) passwords of 2015 have been unveiled.

Every year, SplashData publishes the ‘25 most common passwords’. In first place for 2015 is… ‘123456’. No change from 2014!

Take a look down the list of the top 25, compiled by Gizmodo:

1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. 12345
6. 123456789
7. football
8. 1234
9. 1234567
10. baseball
11. welcome
12. 1234567890
13. abc123
14. 111111
15. 1qaz2wsx
16. dragon
17. master
18. monkey
19. letmein
20. login
21. princess
22. qwertyuiop
23. solo
24. passw0rd
25. starwars

If your password made it on the list – it’s probably time to update.

Here are a couple of tips on how to improve it:

– Use passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters.

– Avoid using the same username/password combination for multiple websites.

I hope you found this helpful.

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Dominic Jones

I'm a proud father, husband, huge James Bond fan, lover of fast cars and prolific buyer of technology gadgets.I started my first business when I was 21, learning the harsh way how to become successful. Through hard work, dedicating myself to learning and persistent focus I created one of the fastest growing computer services businesses in the UK.