NordPass published its report with the most chosen passwords by people globally, which includes a list of some countries in particular, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain and Mexico. The data gives a perspective on the current level of maturity of people in a very sensitive aspect regarding information security: passwords. They make it clear that many people continue to choose weak, predictable, and easy-to-guess passwords to protect their email accounts, social networks, or other online services.
NordPass’s list of the 200 most common passwords comes from analyzing a 3TB database containing passwords that were exposed in security incidents. This information was compiled thanks to the collaboration of independent analysts specialized in incident investigation.
The table is ordered according to the number of times the same key was used, including the number of times it was present in the database and the time it would take to crack it through a brute force attack. This time, unlike what had been happening, “123456” is no longer the most used, but instead was taken by another password that constantly says Present in this report: “password”.
The report includes particular data from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain and Mexico. The following table shows the breakdown of the five countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain and Mexico; in all of these, the most used password is repeated: “123456″. In addition, something that can be easily appreciated is the number of variants of “123456”, which is also observed globally.
In addition, a classification of the most popular passwords is presented in categories such as sports, names of artists or musical groups, food, video games, movies or cars, among others. “What this shows is a pattern that people often follow when choosing a password so that they are easy to remember. However, this makes them easy to predict, especially in automated brute force attacks where cybercriminals use software to test multiple combinations of email addresses and passwords in seconds”, highlights Camilo Gutiérrez Amaya, head of the ESET Latin America Research Laboratory.
Finally, Gutiérrez Amaya says: “The results show that it is still essential to make people aware of the importance of creating long, difficult-to-predict passwords that are unique for each account or service on-line. Also, people should know that all of this can be accomplished by using a password manager on the computer or on the phone, as these services address all of these needs. Finally, we remind everyone of the importance of enabling two-factor authentication on all the services they use so that the security of their accounts does not depend solely on the password”. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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