Insecure passwords continue to lead in 2015
As IT experts, we are used to being the focus of attention when our office colleagues have questions. If they need to ask something related to the Internet, the cloud, applications or software, we are the first choice. And in a way, we like to be able to help those around us, especially when we have mastered the subject and the solution comes easily from our words. What we are not so convinced about, and unfortunately happens, is that after asking us for advice, those same people end up making a decision on their own, different from the one we have recommended. We are used to it, but it is annoying. And something in which we have experience of not being listened to is with the choice of the password.
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https://mkt.apser.es/contenido-no-activo We can repeat to our colleagues 1000 times that passwords are important, that we should not choose the same password for different programs and that if we have any suspicions it is essential to change them periodically. But then what happens happens. With the publication of the 2015 report on which passwords were the most insecure according to data collected by SplashData, we can see that it is not only us who are ignored by our colleagues when they ask us Safety tipsThere are too many people who are still not aware of the importance of protecting their user accounts and profiles on various services with dynamic, distinct and difficult-to-guess passwords.Numbers: a great danger
Since 2011, there are two passwords that have been at the top of the list of worst choices: “123456” and “password.” However, numbers are the main problem among users. And not because they use everyday combinations of numbers in their lives (such as their credit card PIN or mobile number), but because they repeat several combinations that are too obvious. This data, published by SplashData, has been obtained through the leak of more than 2 million passwords throughout 2015. There are some passwords that were in the top in 2014 that have disappeared and have made way for new errors.
Of the 25 least secure passwords of 2015 There are a total of 8 that are just numbers and several additional ones combine them with letters. These numeric passwords are the following:
- 123456 (first position)
- 12345678 (third position)
- 12345 (fifth position)
- 123456789 (sixth position)
- 1234 (eighth position)
- 1234567 (ninth position)
- 1234567890 (position 12)
- 111111 (position 14)
