Meet the 25 most used passwords in the world in 2016

In 2016 “123456” it remained the most used password by internet users worldwide. The password is used by 4 in 100 users of the network.

This is the sixth annual report by Splashdata , called Worswords List , where they are related to the 25 worse passwords used worldwide throughout the year. For the survey more than 5 million passwords were analyzed that were discovered and became public throughout 2016.

The report shows that just over 10% of people use at least one of the 25 worst passwords on the list, with almost 4% of people using the worst password, "123456".

Among the 25 worst passwords, only 8 are new and 17 were already on the 2015 list . For the sixth year in a row the two most used passwords are “123456” and “Password”. Noteworthy are also simple numerical passwords, where 7 passwords are composed only by numbers.

List of the 25 worst passwords used in 2016:

1. 123456 (unchanged)
2. Password (unchanged)
3. 12345 (+2)
4. 12345678 (-1)
5. Football (+2)
6. QWERTY (-2)
7. 1234567890 (+5)
8. 1234567 (+1)
9. Princess (+12)
10. 1234 (-2)
11. Login (+9)
12. Welcome (-1)
13. soil (+10)
14. ABC123 (-1)
15. Admin (new on the list)
16. 121212 (new on the list)
17. Flower (new on the list)
18. Passw0rd (+6)
19. Dragon (-3)
20. Sunshine (new on the list)
21. Master (-4)
22. Hottie (new on the list)
23. Loveme (new on the list)
24. Zaq1zaq1 (new on the list)
25. Password1 (new on the list)

The use of any password on the list leaves users at great risk of suffering attacks and having their accounts or data stolen.

“Making small modifications to an easy -to -guess password doesn't make it safe and hackers will enjoy these trends,” says Morgan Slain, CEO of Splashdata. With the disclosure of the report the goal is to draw users' attention to the risks of using simple passwords and motivating the use of safer passwords on the network, as proven most occurrences of attacks and loss of information is caused from the use of weak passwords, which are easily discovered with the attack methods used by hackers.

For companies, it is very important to have awareness with employees to use secure passwords. Because with weak passwords, the company and its employees are vulnerable to various types of attacks, such as loss or kidnapping and information theft.

With good guidance and simple measures, you can create safe passwords and greatly reduce the risk of incidents and safety failures.

I share this article , which emphasizes the importance of paying attention to the use of strong passwords and lists some tips on how to create safe passwords. I also leave as a suggestion to download the full guide for creation and management of User Accounts and Safe Passwords , which can be shared with your business employees to guide you how to keep your accounts and passwords safe.

These two simple measures will already make your passwords more difficult to discover by third parties:

• Use passwords with eight or more characters, contents and numbers.
• Avoid using the same combination of username and password for various registrations.

You can also take a look at the worst password list in 2015 , 2014 and 2013 .

And be sure to share experiences or problems that you or your business have already faced with insecure passwords and what measures have been taken to solve the situation.