Come on people. This has got to stop. Passwords are a huge part of our daily lives. As much as we hate having to remember 500 different passwords, password security is something that really needs to be taken seriously. In SplashData’s annual Worst Password List they clearly show that people still aren’t learning. Once again taking the crown is “123456” followed by “password.” These two have been in the top 2 spots since SplashData’s first Worst Password List in 2011. If you’re using any of these passwords……..STOP! 1 – 123456 (Unchanged from 2014) 2 – password (Unchanged) 3 – 12345678 (Up 1) 4 – qwerty (Up 1) 5 – 12345 (Down 2) 6 – 123456789 (Unchanged) 7 – football (Up 3) 8 – 1234 (Down 1) 9 – 1234567 (Up 2) 10 – baseball (Down 2) 11 – welcome (New) 12 – 1234567890 (New) 13 – abc123 (Up 1) 14 – 111111 (Up 1) 15 – 1qaz2wsx (New) 16 – dragon (Down 7) 17 – master (Up 2) 18 – monkey (Down 6) 19 – letmein (Down 6) 20 – login (New) 21 – princess (New) 22 – qwertyuiop (New) 23 – solo (New) 24 – passw0rd (New) 25 – starwars (New) The list of passwords is based on more than 2 million leaked passwords in 2015 mostly from North America and Western Europe. Clearly pop culture helps shape what people use for passwords. With the latest Star Wars movie still raking it in at the box office, Star Wars passwords have broken into the top 25. I know it’s a pain keeping track of your passwords. A while ago I listed LastPass as...
