Haven’t we all used passwords such as ‘1234’, ‘password’ or any similar easy passwords for securing our devices. But these easy to remember passwords could not be strong enough to secure your device. As reported by NoredPass, a password manager, these are weak passwords. In addition to this it has also come up with a list of weak passwords. Let’s have a detailed look at the weak password and most used weak passwords.
Top weak passwords revealed
In its sixth edition of “Top 200 Most Common Passwords”, NordPass showcased the top 20 commonly used passwords in India. Given below is the detailed list:
- 123456
- Password
- 12345678
- 123456789
- Abcd1234
- 12345
- qwerty123
- 1234567890
- India123
- 1qaz@WSX
- Qwerty1
- Qwerty
- 1234567
- Password
- India123
- Indya123
- qwertyuiop
- 111111
- admin
- abc123
The password manager has highlighted that ‘1234’is one of the most used passwords with a count of about 76,981. It is also showcased that this password hardly takes less than 1 second to be cracked by any fraudsters. It is one of the easy passwords to crack. Next you have the ‘password’, which just takes only 1 second to crack. Another one is ‘India123,’ which just needs 2 minutes to crack.
The safety nets
Passwords are an important gateway to our digital world. From protecting our devices to gatekeeping our digital data, passwords play an important role. So you need to make sure that your passwords are strong enough to strongly protect your device. But, how do you create strong passwords, which are not easy to crack. Here’s a few simple steps which you can use to create strong passwords:
- First you need to avoid personal information and your password. For example, the date or day of your birth. You can use other odd digits.
- Try using a combination of numbers and signs. Even if they are small they are not easy to guess.
- You need to create a password of at least 8 digits. It’s safer to use a 12 digits password. Long passwords are hard to crack.
- Then you can use numbers, lowercase and uppercase in your passwords. This makes the password hard to guess.
- You can also use any phrases or abbreviations in your passwords
- Lastly, it’s also advisable to not to use your name as a password.
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