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The attack on Gawker Media site recently once again showed the risk of using weak passwords. Using the same username and password for multiple sites may be convenient, but it can prove costly. An analysis of the passwords stolen in the Gawker incident show that many people are choosing poor passwords, that are easy for online criminals to guess.

In fact, post Gawker attack, several websites like Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and Yahoo advised users to change their passwords. According to Sophos, many users (33% in its research) use the same password on every single website. This means that if their password gets stolen in one place (say on Gawker's Gizmodo or Lifehacker websites), it can be used to unlock access to other sites too.


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The security company has also released a list of world's 50 worst passwords. Time to go through them and make sure your password isn't part of the list.

· 123456 · Letmein · Sunshine . Computer · gawker     





· Password · trustno1 · 1234 · f--you · password





· 12345678 · dragon · princess · 654321 · jordan





· Lifehack · 1234567 · starwars · blahblah · pokemon





· qwerty · kotaku · whatever · passw0rd · michelle





· abc123 . Baseball · Shadow · master · killer





· 111111 · superman · cheese · soccer · pepper





· monkey · iloveyou · 123123 · michael · welcome





· consumer · gizmodo · nintendo · 666666 · batman





· 12345 · internet · football · jennifer                            
 
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19 comments on "50 Passwords you should never use"
  Commented by  SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Consultant, Project Management Consultancy Firm    | 02 15 2011 05:27:31 +0000
Thanks for posting it on Toostep.
Very useful information and many people need to know about this. Many people need to be very mindful and cautious about the passwords that they use. You got to be safe. 
  Commented by  Rathin Deb, Resident Manager, Tower Infotech Ltd.    | 12 30 2010 11:52:33 +0000
thanks Natteraja for referral. Nice one and useful too.
  Commented by  Rathin Deb, Resident Manager, Tower Infotech Ltd.    | 12 30 2010 11:44:00 +0000
thanks Kiran for such an useful information.
  Commented by  Shashi Kumar U, Manager accounts & commercial, Mazda Concrete Products Pvt Ltd    | 12 28 2010 07:43:07 +0000
Thnaks for the highly informative work
Thanks for the valuable info.
  Commented by  Krishnamurthy Prabhakar, Professor, Velammal Engineering College    | 12 26 2010 05:05:15 +0000
Thanks for useful information. 
  Commented by  Badri N Srinivasan, Head - Quality, Valtech India Systems Pvt. Ltd.    | 12 25 2010 16:24:29 +0000
Good and useful Information, Kiran....
  Commented by  Saibal Ray, Sr. QA Engineer, Infotech Enterprises    | 12 25 2010 14:45:38 +0000
Thank god...am not in the list....
  Commented by  s.baalu, Consultant, XYZ LTD    | 12 25 2010 13:52:06 +0000
vital information thank you
  Commented by  Mohammad Bakhsh, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Freelancer    | 12 25 2010 09:46:26 +0000
 Thanks,Mr NATTERAJA for referral.The information is of immensely important and i will see that i follow these basic tips.
  Commented by  V. Srinivas, Freelancer, Freelancer    | 12 25 2010 05:19:18 +0000
There are several rules for "Easy Crackable passwords" As long as you follow the rules and change passwords regularly, life will be smooth sailing.
Also, login into each of your major accounts atleast once in 2-3 days, look for something "new". Look specifically at the comment "Your Last Login was at xxx/xxx/xxx and change password immediately if you feel that you have not done it. Also, use a virtual keyboard as far as possible.
  Commented by  Vipin Bhasin, Private Equity/Hedge Fund/VC-Manager, Indian Investment Co.    | 12 24 2010 19:44:48 +0000
Information for every individual...
  Commented by  NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, AREA SALES MANGER, UNIFLEX CABLES LTD    | 12 24 2010 18:57:16 +0000
Thanks for sharing the valuable information Mr. Kiran Kumar.
  Commented by  Debtanu Dutta, Software Engineer, Atrenta India Pvt. Ltd.    | 12 24 2010 16:35:30 +0000
very useful information... thanks..
  Commented by  rakeshbhatnagar, GM Projects., wig brothers india pvt.ltd.    | 12 24 2010 16:11:43 +0000
usefullinformation thanks,kiran
  Commented by  V. Srinivas, Freelancer, Freelancer    | 12 24 2010 13:53:32 +0000
Todays Internet Banking requires that you need to change your password every 14 days (SEBI for trading) to 12 months for normal bank transactions.
Password has to be such that it can be easily remembered and changable.
  Commented by  Onkar Datt Sharma, Manager (Technical), Retired    | 12 24 2010 13:18:14 +0000
very useful information
  Commented by  S. Muralidharan, Head, Project Planning/Strategy, Knowledge Foundation    | 12 24 2010 12:12:56 +0000
Such information highlight the vulnerability of being in the public domain. Very useful information every individual should like to absorb and put it in action.  Thanks very much for this dissemination!
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