Most Popular Password Revealed By Study

Really guys?

A new study from the security firm Trustwave revealed the most common password is "Password1," partly because it meets all the usual password requirements: an uppercase letter, a number and 9 characters.

People are tempted to go with a simple password that's easy to remember, but it can leave the user vulnerable to hacking.

Watch the video above for what to avoid when choosing a password.

Comments

[Dacritic]

08:53 AM on 03/09/2012

Most Popular Password is...."Password #1"? Rats, back to the drawing board.

More funny comments about the "Study" http://bit.ly/AuJjFB

[stealur]

03:37 PM on 03/06/2012

I bet it isn't Jujubes1. I use that for all my passwords!

[liarfire]

02:38 PM on 03/06/2012

I have such a cleaver one for my stuff but i cant tell anyone, its maddening!

[liarfire]

02:32 PM on 03/06/2012

HAY everyone im curious? what is your favorite password.????..

include banking info here__________________

[liarfire]

02:30 PM on 03/06/2012

SSOOO...in order to do the study some one must know all your passwords.

Internet security?
I write code...it does not exists.....

[Rob Huggins]

01:39 AM on 03/07/2012

It does exist, its just never perfect. Its no different than a bank. Even a bank with armed guards, cameras, and a vault can lose money to a robbery. It can lose money to an insider as well.

Now that information is money, you will always have ways it can be stolen from you, but there is a difference from leaving the pile of cash at the front door and leaving it in a vault that only employees know the combination to. Just because it is impossible to stop all security problems, doesn't mean you have to make obvious mistakes that allow anybody and everybody to walk right in and get to your information.

Its better that these companies are coming in and pointing these mistakes than that they remain open to criminals. I guarantee you, a professional doing a penetration test makes good money. They don't need to risk a decade in jail to get some risky big score. They can be rich without stealing a thing or hurting their conscience.

[QuestDGW]

10:56 AM on 03/06/2012

Reminds me of one of my favorite comedy movies..."What kind of idiot uses 12345 as a luggage combination?"

[iC2fools]

01:38 PM on 03/06/2012

lol

[Opera Diva]

10:17 AM on 03/06/2012

haha, there is definitely the number one in a lot of my passwords.

[iC2fools]

01:40 PM on 03/06/2012

please change for your own security, hackers and theives relish on that.

never can be to protective of your personal information.

[vbookish7]

10:17 AM on 03/06/2012

A Sociopath like Newt would have mememememe in his password.

[liarfire]

02:31 PM on 03/06/2012

Loved that!

[vbookish7]

10:16 AM on 03/06/2012

I can bet one wingy dingy has a 9 9 9 in his!

[oceanview136]

10:10 AM on 03/06/2012

I never use anything really easy, because of all the "hacker warnings" that I have seen !

[iC2fools]

01:41 PM on 03/06/2012

same here....

[Ken Koziol]

08:33 AM on 03/06/2012

I use two but have nothing to do with birthday or anything else connected to me through public info.
I came up with it from some thing I had years ago along with a date of an event from years ago. Any hacker would have to probe my memory to find those events.

[Samwrestle]

08:46 AM on 03/06/2012

Herpes911?

[Ken Koziol]

08:56 AM on 03/06/2012

Got it

[Abena in Africa]

08:59 AM on 03/06/2012

lol...no way.

[Miz Fit]

05:11 AM on 03/06/2012

My favorite has always been Password12345

[Joe Mando]

04:58 AM on 03/06/2012

Where can I get funding for ridiculous research of the obvious?

[Rick Bailor]

04:15 AM on 03/06/2012

My favorite password is Romans 10:9.

[Kat Posing]

03:18 AM on 03/06/2012

Duh!

They could have saved themselves a lot of time and money if they just watched "Hackers" to find that out.

BTW: Runners up were probably 'god', 'love', 'sex' and 'secret', more than likely follows by the number 1 (And No. I didn't read the article, but it's common knowledge in the IT world and has been for 20 years.)