We present you a list of top 10 most common passwords.
Cybersecurity is a major concern of this generation because privacy issues are increasing day by day due to the growing use of the internet and social media.
It is important to stay vigilant and use secure passwords to protect data and information.
According to password manager NordPass’ annual list of the world’s most commonly used passwords, the user psychology of most users while creating their passwords, hasn’t really changed.
Most of them prefer setting convenient passwords than creative ones.
For example, the most easily accessible keys on a keypad are either the numbers in ascending order in first row like “123456789” or simply “qwerty” or any other combination of straight letters, The Verge reported.
A large number of users, while setting up their personal passwords do not think for a while about the consequences of potential data breach attempted by cybercriminals, rather they just want to get done with the process as quickly as possible.
The NordPass’ list of most commonly utilized passwords is generated by employing a 2.5TB database of “publicly available resources,” few of which were there were Dark Web too.
So if your password is same as mentioned under the list of most popular passwords, then it’s about time you should consider changing it.
List of top 10 most common passwords
Here’s are the 10 most used passwords:
- 123456
- 123456789
- 12345678
- password
- qwerty123
- qwerty1
- 111111
- 12345
- secret
- 123123
For a total of five out of six times, NordPass revealed the common passwords’ list with “password” topping the list of the most repeated passwords set by people in 2022. Other most frequently used passwords included ABCs, 123s and Qwerty etc.
Then there are the ones who choose their passwords to be named after their favorite games such as “minecraft,” or cartoon characters like “pokemon” and “naruto” or even their favorite electronic brands like “samsung” and “apple.”
NordPass alerted that such common passwords can be cracked within seconds by the hackers.
