ZDnet the most used passwords -- is yours one of them

[jimbo45]

Hi there


25 most-used passwords revealed: Is yours one of them? | ZDNet

cheers
jimbo

 

[Alejandro85]

None of mine is there!!

But I know a production web server that has one of those in its database............. Those ITs never learn

 

[Trucidation]

*raises hand excitedly* "Sir, sir, I got 13/25, do I pass? Do I pass??"

Ahem. Wow, the combination of the first few numbers occurs repeatedly. That's disheartening. On the other hand, all of the words are common english words or names, sure makes me glad I use multilingual passphrases.

 

[Layback Bear]

Mine arn't there not even close.

 

[solarmystic]

Not even close.

Use a mismash of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols to get the best out of passwords..... 15+ characters are also a bonus if allowed by the program/system...

 

[Shamone]

I'm not there, gateway to trouble using common words :shock:

 

[F5ing]

Wonder how Eset extracted those passwords?

 

[solarmystic]

Wonder how Eset extracted those passwords?

They've got white-hat hackers on their payroll, like every other major agency in the world. That's how.

 

[F5ing]

Wonder how Eset extracted those passwords?

They've got white-hat hackers on their payroll, like every other major agency in the world. That's how.

Yeah, I guess in trying to see how malicious software does its work discovering passwords from hashes or whatever could be considered a part of their job duties. I just figured they would find more benign targets to do their testing and confirmation of success.

Then again I guess the only way to assure the widest array of setups/configurations they would have to target the outside world.