November 18 (Portaltic/EP) –
The password manager NordPass has presented the report that reveals the 200 most used passwords and therefore easier to discover. worldwide and in Spain along the 2022such as ‘password’, ‘123456’ and ‘swing‘.
The research, which shows that passwords that are too weak are still being used, has been carried out in collaboration with independent investigators specializing in cybersecurity incidents, evaluating a database of up to 3TB.
As detailed in the listin Spain the most repeated password is ‘123456’What can be cracked in less than a second and which has been used for more than 10,400 accounts. The second place continues in the same vein, since it is ‘123456789’the same password that they have used 4,680 times the Spanish and that can also be deciphered in less than a second.
The next most popular is ‘swing’, which increases the time to crack it by six seconds and which has a count of 3,265 times used. ‘12345’, ‘12345678’, ‘1234’ or ‘000000’, also enter the top 10 most repeated and easiest passwords in Spain, all of them with possibility of being revealed in less than a second.
In addition to various numerical and alphanumeric combinations, there are also many Names in this list of popular passwords. ‘alicia’ (192 times used), ‘isabel’ (192), ‘pepito’ (209) or ‘santiago’ (208), are some examples.
The list collects other passwords like ‘helloshell’, in position 126; ‘cacadevaca’, in position 158; ‘Justin Bieber’, at number 150; either ‘one direction’, in position 133, although this one in particular would take around three years to be deciphered.
GLOBALLY
globallythe most used password is ‘password’, which has been used up to 4,929,113 times and that it could be cracked by a hacker in less than a second. Second place is occupied by the favorite in Spain, ‘123456’, counted 1,523,537 times.
Among the 10 most popular is ‘guest’ with 376,417 repetitions and can be discovered in 10 seconds; ‘qwerty’, with 309,679 of users, and ‘111111’ which has been used 229,047 times.
There are also others like ‘iloveyou’ in position 43, ‘fuck you’ ranked 88, ‘star wars’ in the 196 and ‘bonjour’ in the 200being the least used with a count of 8,932 times.
The report also allows to know what are the most used fashion brands in the passwords (in this case the first one is ‘tiffany’), the sports most repeated(Red Star Belgrade), the movies (lion) or the artists most named (U2).
CHOOSE SECURE PASSWORDS
To avoid using these passwords and suffering from theft or privacy problems, NordPass has offered five tips with which to create a strong and difficult-to-guess password.
First, it must contain at least twelve characters and variety of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols. In this sense, use a password generator would be the easiest, as confirmed by NordPass.
Something fundamental is do not reuse passwords, that is, the same password for several accounts. This makes it easier for hackers, who will be able to access multiple accounts once they have obtained that repeated password.
In addition, you have to be aware of what accounts are often used and which are never accessed anymore. It is in the latter where there is the most danger because, in the event of a leak, it is possible that the user does not find out.
Update password regularly It is always a tip to keep in mind. It is also useful check key strength, know if it is insecure, old or reused. Lastly, the use of a password manager It is the most recommended option according to NordPass, since it will be able to store the passwords and it will be the safest way to access them.
