It’s 2020 and you may think people are taking their security seriously by using strong passwords. But are they? According to Nordpass, here are some of the most used and common passwords in 2020.
The need to keep a secure and robust password was never as intense as it has become these days. However, people usually find it challenging to choose secure passwords, as they have too many accounts to handle.
Most of the time, people prefer using a single password to access multiple accounts, which is a highly criticized practice. Despite the availability of a range of password managers, people still end up using easy-to-remember passwords like ‘123456,’ as per a report from the NordPass password manager.
See: Here is a list of top 25 worst passwords of 2019
The report reveals unbelievable details about the commonly used passwords of the year 2020. According to NordPass, 123456, 123456789, picture1, password, and 12345678 are the top five common passwords of 2020.
Out of these five, four passwords are so easy that even a novice hacker can crack them in less than a second.
The top ten common passwords reflect that people still haven’t learned the lesson and are exposing their accounts to hackers by keeping such easily guessable passwords like “111111, 123123, 12345, 1234567890, senha and 1234567.”
NordPass spokesperson explained the reason why people use easy-to-remember passwords:
“The majority of people use simple and easy-to-remember passwords because it’s convenient. But the problem is that most memorable passwords are highly vulnerable to cracking.”
Numbers, evidently, are the most popular category of passwords among users, whereas “aaron” is the most popular name. Around half of the list’s passwords are new entrants in the most-popular list of passwords, and most of them wouldn’t be hard for someone to crack.
Other passwords on the list included:
- abc123
- qwerty
- password1
- iloveyou
- 000000
- princess
- asdfghjkl
- cheese
- dragon
- sunshine
- monkey
- pokemon
- soccer
- default
- myspace1
- letmein
- superman
NordPass’s list of most comment passwords in 2020 is available here.
NordPass recommends avoiding number combinations, adjacent keyboard combinations, and dictionary words, such as 123456, qwerty, or asdfghjkl, as passwords. Moreover, repetitive characters like 123abc or aaa should never be used.
Personal details, especially confidential information like phone number, as a password is also not recommended by NordPass. Instead, NordPass suggests that users must keep a unique password for each account and use longer passwords.
See: Researchers recovered 9 billion email & password combos in 2019
To create a strong password, it is necessary to use 12 or more characters and a mix of upper- and lower-case letters, symbols, and ad numbers to make it hard to predict for hackers.
Lastly, users should prefer benefitting from a Password Generator and change the password every 90 days to lower the risk of hacking.
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most websites won’t allow those kinds of passwords. They usually have 8-10 character minimum and must include at least one upper case, one lower case, one number and one symbol. I mean EVERY website asks for that. Except crazy apps taht think a 4 digit PIN is somehow secure