It’s human nature to want to be able to have a memorable password. Each of us has numerous online accounts with usernames and passwords to remember. A lot of us like to keep things easy and have simple passwords. Some like to have the same password for every single account or like to write them on little bits of paper and stick them to their desk or monitor.
All of the above is completely the wrong thing to do! Attackers will always target this low hanging fruit and attempt to gain access to the accounts by using common passwords first.
The 10 worst passwords of 2019
1. 123456
2. 123456789
3. qwerty
4. password
5. 1234567
6. 12345678
7. 12345
8. iloveyou
9. 111111
10. 123123Source: SplashData
So what can be done?
To stop users from selecting passwords such as these, we should start with raising awareness and educate our users. Explaining why they should not pick such passwords or write them down will help them act accordingly and understand how these passwords can be used maliciously.
