Learn the worst passwords of 2019 ... and tips for creating the best

It is understandable why some people create simple passwords, they are easier to remember with many accounts on the Internet that require passwords; so the tendency towards creating easy-to-guess passwords, or using one password for more than one account is very high.

But the resulting problem is that if the password is easy to guess, the chance that hackers can guess it will also be easy, leaving your personal data vulnerable to theft.

Despite these risks, many people still prefer to use very bad and porous passwords, and information security company Splash Data released a list of the 100 worst passwords of 2019.

Most of the list includes non-surprising passwords, such as the use of repeated or sequential numbers, famous cultural references (names of artists, movies, songs, etc.), or first names of users.

But there were also some interesting options for passwords, including food-related words like "cheese", which came in seventy, and some other noticeable passwords included words like the name of US President "donald" or the famous movie "starwars". , Or dragon, or the famous English football club name 'liverpool'. These words are ranked 34, 79, 23 and 31, respectively.

It is likely that the worst ten passwords of 2019 are among the easiest words to guess. Since many people currently use these passwords (or used them at some point last year) it is important to review them and offer some advice on how to create better passwords for 2020.

The worst ten passwords for 2019 according to the "Splash Data" countdown timer are:

10- 123123
9-111111
8- iloveyou
7- 12345
6- 12345678
5- 1234567
4- password
3- qwerty
2- 123456789
1- 123456

Looking at the passwords above, it becomes clear why they are considered "terrible", as there is no password that requires much thought or effort to guess it, and half of it are variables of password 12345. And the phrase (iloveyou) despite its kindness is very common. If you are one of those words or a word similar to it, you should change it immediately.

Tips to help you create better passwords:

1- Don't use a single password for more than one online account, and try as much as possible to use different passwords for each account, because when using the same password in your multiple accounts, the hacker who knows the password of one of the accounts will be able to penetrate all of your other accounts.

2- According to the Internet security company “Wiproot”, strong passwords are longer and contain uper and lower case letters, and also include numbers and symbols; and such passwords do not contain any reference to personal information or dictionary words .

3- Use a password management program. If you can't remember your many passwords, which contain a random mixture of numbers, letters, and symbols, a good password manager program might help you with this. Some of them may generate secure passwords for you.