Friday, January 22, 2010

Common Internet Passwords You Should Never Use



A data security firm has revealed the ten most commonly used passwords on Internet.

It was analyzed that around 32 million passwords are being exposed in a recent hacking attempt.You need to understand the combination of poor passwords. As in today's world of automated cyber attacks, with just minimum effort, a hacker can gain access to a new account in every second or 1000 accounts in every 17 minutes on the Internet.

Employees who use the same passwords for Facebook and in their workplace lead to the possibility of compromising enterprise systems with insecure passwords on Internet. This huge problem has changed very little over the past years. It is time to take your password security seriously. It is also a very important step in data security on the Internet.

The ten most commonly used passwords are:
1. 123456
2. 12345
3. 123456789
4. Password
5. Iloveyou
6. Princess
7. Rockyou
8. 1234567
9. 12345678
10. Abc123

If you have set any of these password combinations for your Internet account, change it today or else you will loose your important and personal data that you believe you have stored in your computer safely.

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