{"id":12764,"date":"2018-06-06T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T16:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=12764"},"modified":"2018-06-06T12:17:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T17:17:22","slug":"make-sure-password-isnt-worst-passwords-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/make-sure-password-isnt-worst-passwords-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Make sure your password isn’t on the “Worst Passwords” list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright pals, it\u2019s time for another roundup review of the most common passwords. Looking back at 2017, there were tons of services that got hacked, from Equifax to Yahoo. While some breaches can leave everyone blindsided with the skill behind the attacks, other hacks are easily avoided by not having a dumb password. <\/p>\n

Like, for real, if your password is still \u201cpassword,\u201d no one will send you a sympathy card when your online life gets wrecked.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re still rocking \u201c123456,\u201d do yourself a favor and log off from everything forever. <\/p>\n

Security firm SplashData released a compilation of the top 100 \u201cWorst Passwords of 2017<\/a>\u201d (#34 is pretty neat). They crafted the list from an analysis of five million leaked online user records from the past year. <\/p>\n

While the list is hilarious, it should be taken with a grain of salt. There are roughly 3.2 billion people online, and it\u2019s likely each person has more than one account that requires login credentials. Regardless, here are the 25 worst offenders: <\/p>\n

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  1. 123456<\/li>\n
  2. password<\/li>\n
  3. 12345678 <\/li>\n
  4. qwerty<\/li>\n
  5. 12345 <\/li>\n
  6. 123456789 <\/li>\n
  7. letmein <\/li>\n
  8. 1234567 <\/li>\n
  9. football <\/li>\n
  10. iloveyou <\/li>\n
  11. admin<\/li>\n
  12. welcome <\/li>\n
  13. monkey <\/li>\n
  14. login <\/li>\n
  15. abc123 <\/li>\n
  16. starwars <\/li>\n
  17. 123123 <\/li>\n
  18. dragon <\/li>\n
  19. passw0rd <\/li>\n
  20. master <\/li>\n
  21. hello <\/li>\n
  22. freedom <\/li>\n
  23. whatever <\/li>\n
  24. qazwsd <\/li>\n
  25. trustno1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If we pretended like each person only has one account, a leaked list of five million doesn\u2019t even make up one percent of all passwords online. Plus, the internet is now rife with bots, who aren\u2019t included in that 3.2 billion headcount. <\/p>\n

    Sometimes programmers use easy to remember passwords for bots that make it in to the hall of shame, like \u201cqwerty\u201d or \u201c12341234.\u201d Plus, many databases require a password to look at passwords, so hopefully those didn\u2019t leak onto the list. <\/p>\n

    Even with this in mind, there are still plenty of actual people using tragically simple passwords featured in SplashData\u2019s list. <\/p>\n

    My personal favorites include \u201ctrustno1\u201d and newcomer to the list, \u201cstarwars.\u201d Plenty of common first names like Daniel, Amanda, and Matthew made it on the list as well. <\/p>\n

    Some very ambitious people opted for wishful thinking in using luxury car brands like Ferrari, Mercedes, and Corvette as their passwords. Other notable mentions include \u201cletmein\u201d and inexplicably, \u201ccheese\u201d and \u201ckiller.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Here\u2019s the thing: you\u2019re probably going to get hacked at some point. If you\u2019re lucky, it will just be some throwaway email account you use for special offers. <\/p>\n

    Protect yourself by regularly changing your passwords, and using unique passwords for each account you have. You can use generators to create strong passwords, and keep track of them all using a secure password manager services. <\/p>\n

    Additionally, if two-factor authentication is available through whatever service you\u2019re using that requires login credentials, take them up on that additional protection. <\/p>\n

    Ultimately though, if the service you\u2019re using isn\u2019t properly encrypting and hashing personally-identifying information, a strong password won\u2019t help. <\/p>\n

    Oh and also because the internet is full of equal amounts of good and bad, there is the constant presence of persistent hackers who will relentlessly use phishing attempts and large-scale hacks to derail databases. Secure passwords won\u2019t help either. <\/p>\n

    Basically we\u2019re always open for hacking attempts, and nothing at the moment can really stop them. However, after having my bike seat and accessories stolen numerous times, I learned a nice philosophy that can apply to all sorts of things. <\/p>\n

    You can\u2019t stop someone from trying to steal your stuff, but if you make it difficult enough they may give up. Do whatever you can to secure your passwords, but recognize that ultimately there aren\u2019t that many great protections in place. <\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    (TECH NEWS) Gather around for the worst passwords of 2017 and be prepared to feel ashamed if yours is on this list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337678,"featured_media":12771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[1037,1234,455],"class_list":["post-12764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-tech","tag-passwords","tag-real-estate-news","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/worst-passwords.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12764"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12773,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12764\/revisions\/12773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}