Slowly but surely, it seems as though the public are beginning to take a little more care about the passwords they use. A study shows that the ‘imaginative’ “123456” is still the most popular, but people are moving away from using such common passwords.

The SplashData survey was conducted by compiling more than 3.3 million passwords leaked during 2014. The top two, “123456” and “password” are still the most popular, while numerical combinations make up nine of the top 25 passwords.

“Passwords based on simple patterns on your keyboard remain popular despite how weak they are,” said Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData. “Any password using numbers alone should be avoided, especially sequences. As more websites require stronger passwords or combinations of letters and numbers, longer keyboard patterns are becoming common passwords, and they are still not secure,” the company’s website stated.

However, the top 25 most common passwords now only account for 2.2 percent of those leaked, so it would seem that some progress is being made. When SplashData started compiling their list four years ago, the top 25 accounted for six percent of leaky passwords.

Read the Full Article: Source – Russia Today
http://rt.com/usa/225859-passwords-security-dumb-hacking/

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