30 Most Dangerous Passwords and How to get a Secure Password

Security as we know is part of our daily lives. We are required to create a password for use on an email account, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+), for our laptops and phones. 

You have to create a password to protect your data and limit or stop others from accessing your account. However, this presents a challenge, you have got to remember so many passwords, So as we create more accounts the list grows. Some of us in order to make things easy, we use easy to remember passwords which are in turn highly vulnerable and unsafe. This article presents list of passwords you should never lose.

It is very important to create strong passwords to stop cyber criminals hacking into our digital live. Thus, it’s very important you avoid very predictable passwords when creating any account that requires password.

For three years running ‘123456’ has been the most popular found (and stolen) password on the Web followed, unsurprisingly, by ‘password’. Sports-based passwords are very popular, with “football” and “baseball” both ranking high among top vulnerable passwords, and also passwords inspired by blockbuster films like “starwars” and “solo”.

Every year, Splash Data compiles a list of the millions of stolen passwords made public throughout the last twelve months, then sorts them in order of popularity.

Most Dangerous - Below are top 30 passwords you should never use

Here is a list of 30 dangerous password

1. 123456

2. password

3. 12345678

4. qwerty

5. 12345

6. 123456789

7. football

8. 1234

9. 1234567

10. baseball

11. welcome

12. 1234567890

13. abc123

14. 111111

15. 1qaz2wsx

16. dragon

17. master

18. monkey

19. letmein

20. login

21. princess

22. qwertyuiop

23. solo

24. passw0rd

25. starwars

26. jesus

27. admin

28 administrator

29. iloveyou

30. trustno1 

General Rules and Procedures you should adhere to when choosing passwords

– Don’t use a name that is including in you account name or email 

Eg: if your email is “okonkwo@mail.com”, don’t use “okonkwo” as password.

– You should never use generic names like listed above and any others.

– Combine letters (Capital and small), numbers and symbols when creating passwords.

– Avoid using a sequence such as “qwertyuiop,” which is the top row of letters on a standard keyboard, or “1qaz2wsx” which comprises the first two ‘columns’ of numbers and letters on a keyboard.

– Don’t use a favorite sport as your password – “baseball” and “football” are in top 10, and “hockey,” “soccer” and “golfer” are in the top 100. Don’t use a favorite team either, as “yankees,” “eagles,” “steelers,” “rangers,” and “lakers” are all in the top 100.

– Don’t use your birthday or especially just your birth year — 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992 are all in the top 100.

While baby name books are popular for naming children, don’t use them as sources for picking passwords. Common names such as “michael,” “jennifer,” “thomas,” “jordan,” “hunter,” “michelle,” “charlie,” “andrew,” and “daniel” are all in the top 50.

– Don’t use swear words and phrases, hobbies, famous athletes, car brands, and film names.