Worst Passwords Of 2013: Change Yours If You Are Using One Of These

LOS GATOS: Being a part of today’s Cyber World, one has to use passwords while using different apps on internet on regular basis. These passwords have huge significance because your accounts, data can be hacked or accessed by cyber criminals.

SplashData, the world’s leading Password Management Applications Developer for over 10 years, has released their annual list of Worst Passwords used in the year 2013, intended to urge internet surfers to set stronger passwords.

Before this year the list had been titled with the Most Commonly Used Passwords but this year, it has been changed to ‘Worst Passwords’.

Following is the list of Top 25 Worst Passwords of 2013 compiled by SplashData. Change yours immediately if you are using anyone of the following as these are not secured passwords.

Worst Passwords of 2013:

Rank	Password	Change from 2012
1	123456	Up 1
2	password	Down 1
3	12345678	Unchanged
4	qwerty	Up 1
5	abc123	Down 1
6	123456789	New
7	111111	Up 2
8	1234567	Up 5
9	iloveyou	Up 2
10	adobe123	New
11	123123	Up 5
12	admin	New
13	1234567890	New
14	letmein	Down 7
15	photoshop	New
16	1234	New
17	monkey	Down 11
18	shadow	Unchanged
19	sunshine	Down 5
20	12345	New
21	password1	Up 4
22	princess	New
23	azerty	New
24	trustno1	Down 12
25	000000	New

Tips For Setting a Secure Password:

• Use passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters (Aplha + Numeric)
• The best is to use passphrases — short words with spaces or other characters separating them. For example, “cakes years birthday” or “smiles_light_skip?”
• Use different passwords for each new website or service you sign up for.
• Avoid using the same username/password combination for multiple websites