From Yahoo’s bombshell announcement of a data breach that affected millions, to the recent WannaCry and BadRabbit ransomware attacks, 2017 has brought several major cybersecurity disasters.
But, despite the incessant warnings from security researchers, many people are still turning to weak, easily guessable passwords to protect their devices.
SplashData has revealed its list of the worst passwords of 2017, using data from more than 5 million passwords leaked this year – and, once again, ‘123456’ and ‘password’ top the list.
The list features several ineffective passwords that have, for some reason, long maintained their hold among internet users.
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This includes ‘qwerty,’ in fourth place, ‘admin,’ in 11th, and ‘login’, in 14th.
And, this year, Star Wars found its way onto the list as well, with ‘starwars’ claiming the 16th spot.
‘Unfortunately, while the newest episode may be a fantastic addition to the Star Wars franchise, ‘starwars’ is a dangerous password to use,’ said Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData, Inc.
‘Hackers are using common terms from pop culture and sports to break into accounts online because they know many people are using those easy-to-remember words.’
There are several themes across the Worst Passwords list, including first names and hobbies.
‘Jordan,’ ‘harley,’ ‘robert,’ ‘matthew,’ ‘daniel,’ ‘andrew,’ ‘andrea,’ and ‘joshua’ all made it on the list – along with ‘football,’ and ‘lakers.’
Several car names were among the top 50, from ‘ferrari’ to ‘mercedes.’
And, ‘trustno1’ proved, perhaps unsurprisingly, to be among the worst passwords as well, taking up spot number 25.
The experts warn that adding a number or symbol to a common word is also an ineffective trick.‘Hackers know your tricks, and merely tweaking an easily guessable password does not make it secure,’ said Slain.
‘Our hope is that the Worst Passwords of the Year list will cause people to take steps to protect themselves online.’
A new report released just last week confirmed that many of us are still using the word 'password' to access our accounts.
And, men are 2.8 times more likely to use this obvious phrase than women.
The report also found that nearly a quarter of people use the same password for every site they are signed up to.
2017 ten worst passwords
1 - 123456 (rank unchanged since 2016 list)
2 - password (unchanged)
3 - 12345678 (up 1)
4 - qwerty (Up 2)
5 - 12345 (Down 2)
6 - 123456789 (New)
7 - letmein (New)
8 - 1234567 (Unchanged)
9 - football (Down 4)
10 - iloveyou (New)
Although security experts have been reminding people not to use fool passwords anymore, some people just do not listen, and the simple passwords they use are really funny and speechless. Let's take a look at what passwords were listed last year.
In January of this year, security company Keeper analyzed 10 million leaked passwords around the world. Here is the Top 25 list of the most commonly used passwords in 2016. If your password is in it, advise you to get rid of it as soon as possible.
123456
123456789
qwerty
12345678
111111
1234567890
1234567
password
123123
987654321
qwertyuiop
mynoob
123321
666666
18atcskd2w
7777777
1q2w3e4r
654321
555555
3rjs1la7qe
google
1q2w3e4r5t
123qwe
Zxcvbnm
1q2w3e
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Common password TOP10
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