{"id":72378,"date":"2011-11-27T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?p=72378"},"modified":"2011-11-27T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T13:04:07","slug":"25-worst-passwords-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/25-worst-passwords-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Worst Passwords of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"A password is a secret word or a string of characters that is used for authentication, to prove identity or to gain access to one’s laptop, Facebook, Gmail, LinkedIn and many more similar accounts.<\/p>\n

Choosing \u201cpassword<\/em>\u201d as your online password is not a good idea.
\nIn fact, it\u2019s the worst password you can possibly choose as it is easy to guess for hackers and crackers.<\/p>\n

SplashData, a password management application provider, created rankings based on millions of stolen passwords posted online by hackers. Below is the partial list:<\/p>\n

1. password
\n2. 123456
\n3. 12345678
\n4. qwerty
\n5. abc123
\n6. monkey
\n7. 1234567
\n8. letmein
\n9. trustno1
\n10. dragon
\n11. baseball
\n12. 111111
\n13. iloveyou
\n14. master
\n15. sunshine
\n16. ashley
\n17. bailey
\n18. passw0rd
\n19. shadow
\n20. 123123
\n21. 654321
\n22. superman
\n23. qazwsx
\n24. michael
\n25. football<\/em><\/p>\n

As seen, \u201cPassword<\/em>\u201d ranks first on SplashData\u2019s annual list of the worst Internet passwords, which are ordered by how common they are. (\u201cPassw0rd<\/em>,\u201d with a numeral zero, isn\u2019t a much smarter option, ranking 18th on the list.)<\/p>\n

Users using any of these passwords should change them immediately as crackers can easily break into their accounts just by repeatedly trying common passwords.<\/p>\n

You can read “Is your password weak?”<\/a> for more information on weak passwords and how to create a good, complex password which will make the job for hackers and crackers far more difficult.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A password is a secret word or a string of characters that is used for authentication, to prove identity or to gain access to one’s laptop, Facebook, Gmail, LinkedIn and many more similar accounts. Choosing \u201cpassword\u201d as your online password is not a good idea. In fact, it\u2019s the worst password you can possibly choose […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[91,47,66],"class_list":["post-72378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-password","tag-security","tag-social-network-privacy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}