{"id":1545820,"date":"2025-07-08T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1545820"},"modified":"2025-07-08T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:15:00","slug":"these-are-the-worlds-most-common-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/these-are-the-worlds-most-common-passwords\/1545820\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are The World&#8217;s Most Common Passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">These Are The World&#8217;s Most Common Passwords<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Most people are guilty of using a weak password at some point. But just how predictable can they be?<\/p>\n<p>This infographic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/ranked-the-worlds-most-common-passwords\">via Visual Capitalist&#8217;s Marcus Lu, <\/a>reveals the top 25 most commonly used passwords globally, from \u2018123456\u2019 to \u2018password\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Most-Common-Passwords_WEB.jpg?itok=LoBSZaUj\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Data &amp; Discussion<\/h2>\n<p>The data for this visualization comes from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nordpass.com\/most-common-passwords-list\/\">NordPass<\/a>, which analyzed the most frequently used passwords based on a 2.5TB database of credentials exposed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/cp\/visualizing-the-50-biggest-data-breaches-from-2004-2021\/\">data breaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2025-07-07_10-06-00.jpg?itok=dkpWH3WW\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Numbers Still Reign Supreme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The top password\u2014\u201c123456\u201d\u2014was used over 3 million times in the dataset analyzed by NordPass. In fact, six of the top 10 passwords are purely numeric, highlighting how common predictable number patterns remain.<\/p>\n<p>These types of passwords are among the easiest for hackers to guess using brute-force attacks, taking a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keyboard Patterns and Simple Words<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Along with numbers, users often rely on keyboard sequences like \u201cqwerty\u201d or common words like \u201cpassword\u201d and \u201csecret.\u201d While these may be easy to remember, they\u2019re also easy to hack. Variations like \u201cPassword\u201d or \u201cpassword1\u201d offer little improvement in security.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Create a Strong Password<\/h2>\n<p>According to NordPass, your password should be at least\u00a0<strong>20 characters long<\/strong>\u00a0and include uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special symbols (e.g. @#$%). Some browsers, such as Google Chrome, can also suggest a strong password for you.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, NordPass suggests that you never reuse passwords. If one account were to be compromised, other accounts that share the same password could also be at risk.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed today\u2019s post, check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voronoiapp.com\/technology\/The-Five-Most-Common-Cybersecurity-Mistakes-1105\">The Five Most Common Cybersecurity Mistakes<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Voronoi<\/strong>, the new app from Visual Capitalist.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 07\/08\/2025 &#8211; 04:15<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/these-are-worlds-most-common-passwords\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/these-are-worlds-most-common-passwords<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Are The World&#8217;s Most Common Passwords Most people are guilty of using a weak password at some point. 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