Top 10 Most Hackable Passwords
When the internet and the websites like Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail first emerged on the big picture, people were used to keeping hackable passwords like 12345678. As it was easier for them to remember, people more often used their cell phone numbers or the name of their countries as passwords. This is the reason for which most of them get hacked more often. In order to ensure that your password is complex and un-guessable enough, there are some strategies which you can use. Like you use fragments of your name and your mobile number or the name of name of your neighbor as the password. In fact, you can use the name of any government official as the password except the President’s name as it might be easier to guess. To make things more difficult for the hacker, you can even use the names of famous figures from history. Always use the words which are not related to your field, as most of your class mates might already know who you like.
There are millions of words and number combinations which might be easier to be remember, yet difficult to break. Now there is another problem here i.e. people make simple combinations. No matter how hard they try, they aren’t able to make a tough password which is the reason for which it is easily cracked. For example most psychology students keep the words “schizophrenia” “mania” “bipolar” as their passwords with the numbers 123 or 911 or 786. Hacking is now termed to be a full fledge industry that is becoming more and more complex with every second that passes us by. A hacker is never a genius as all he uses are some cheap parlor tricks. There are a number of high profile websites that have vulnerabilities in their security protocols. So this is the point at which the hackers become active. In other words, they take advantage of the stupid mistakes which the web masters make. To ensure that your password is never cracked, install the best antivirus program and use a really long and difficult to guess password like “obamacareinitiative147935”. Here is a list of the top 10 most hackable passwords.
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10. Password
Using the word password as your own password is the height of stupidity. Most of the hackers try to use this word in the very start of the cracking process. You should remember that your password should never contain the obvious words.
9. The Name of your Father, Mother, Sister, Brother or Spouse
Some of you will find it romantic, but it is simply stupid. The names of your family members or someone special is the most easy to guess. What you can do here is use the name of your father-in-laws girlfriend with a few numbers to make your password difficult.
8. Favorite Sport’s Team
As most of you might be already sharing the information about your likes and dislikes, your favorite movies and the fan page of your favorite team on Facebook. As most of your friends might also be aware of the team you like the most, using it as a password is unforgiveable.
7. Name of a Religious Event
There are millions of people all over the world who use the word christmas25 as their passwords. So ever do this if you do not wish to get hacked.
6. Hometown
Never use the name of your hometown as your account password, especially as the password to your bank account. You have no idea about the consequences which you will have to face if your bank account will get hacked.
5. Country’s Name
We are all patriots, but this does not mean that our country’s name should be used as the password. It is hard to believe that there are thousands and thousands of US internet users who use the country’s name as their password.
4. Your Child’s Name
You love your child, but the hacker doesn’t. Most people also love to use the name of their children as the password, especially if they love to share the pictures of their children on Facebook more often. Your child is important, but he or she does not need to be used as your password.
3. School Name
People remember schools more than their colleges. In fact, most of us love to regress every now and then, as our childhood was free from worries and tensions. This is the reason for which there is a considerable population of those who use the names of their schools in their passwords.
2. Favorite Actor
As there are millions of people who use the display pics and usernames of actors and actresses, so it is evident that they also use these names as their passwords. For example, I once tried to open the account of a relative who happened to be a huge Christian Bale Fan. As expected, I hacked him.
1. Your Name
No one can be this stupid, so as to use their own name as a password, but trust me, there are thousands of people who do this. It is really unbelievable but people do use their names while thinking that no one will be able to guess it as a password.
I will recommend that you use different passwords for different websites and accounts, but you should link the password recovery process to a single email so that you might not end up forgetting all your passwords. Keeping the records of your passwords in your mobile, computers, notebooks, laptops, in your valet or at any other place is never safe at all.
