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The most common passwords remain easily guessable, such as a string of numbers in order or characters from popular films.
Stop me if this sounds familiar: You're setting up (yet another) online account when you're prompted to enter a password. Sigh. It's just easier to go with one of ...
To mark World Password Day on May 1st, an analysis of 19 billion passwords has shed light on how people create them ...
A Cybernews study analyzing 19 billion leaked passwords from recent data breaches reveals a concerning trend: 94% are reused ...
Unsurprisingly, they found that people like to use swear words in their passwords (maybe because we have to make so f*cking ...
A whopping 94% of passwords were reused or duplicated, and among the more than 19 billion passwords examined, only 1 billion, or 6%, were considered unique and therefore relatively secure.
Despite growing awareness around cybersecurity, weak and predictable passwords remain one of the biggest threats to online ...
Passwords are hacked to breach the security of account and secure personal data of user.(Representative Image) The Nord Pass ...
NordPass has released its sixth annual study on the 200 most common passwords in the world. Unfortunately, it seems as though the sixth time is still not the charm, with the list still topped by ...
In the roundup of most common passwords of 2015, compiled annually by SplashData, simple number combinations and single words (such as "password") reigned supreme. The study compiled more than 2 ...