A study involving the analysis of 32 million passwords on the internet, which recently had been exposed to the site after the cyber Rockyou.com identified ten electronic keys used by users more vulnerable to hacking.
The data security company Imperva analyzed the security of passwords or passwords used by users.
The aim was to identify the most common personal passwords used by consumers and administrators of internet pages, so that to avoid when using social networks or e-commerce sites.
The most common password is: 123456, but there is a list of the most vulnerable.
Among the findings of the study found that while shorter and simpler passwords or passwords are chosen by the users, they are more susceptible to basic forms of cyber attacks.
About 50% of users used names, slang, dictionary words, or trivial passwords (such as consecutive digits, adjacent keys on the keyboard of the computer, etc.).
Passwords most vulnerable
- 123456
- 12345
- 123456789
- Password
- Iloveyou
- Princess
- Rockyou
- 1234567
- 12345678
- Abc123
Hazards
Imperva's technical director, Amichai Shulman, said: "We all need to understand what that involves the combination of weak passwords or passwords in today's world of cyber machines: with minimal effort, a hacker can access a new account every second or 1,000 accounts every 17 minutes. "
"The problem has changed little over the past 20 years," said Shulman. "It is time that we take seriously the security of our electronic passwords. It is a primary and important step in the field of data security and online information," he said.
Earlier, Carole Theriault of internet security firm Sophos told the reporter the area of Technology for the BBC, Jonathan Fildes, that "access to a password I could give someone access to many things."
People must change their passwords at different websites that use "he added.
A recent report by Sophos found that about 40% of people had the same password for all websites they visited.
"People need to differentiate between having a bank account online and make a reservation online for tickets to the cinema."
No comments:
Post a Comment