We are becoming more aware as time goes by of how important it is to use a strong and secure password. I’m sure we’ve seen the term ‘strong password’ a lot over the past few years, but what does it actually mean?
Password strength is a measure of effectiveness against guessing or brute-force attacks. The ‘stronger’ the password, the less chance that someone will guess or crack it, and therefore there is less of a chance that you will be vulnerable to an attack online.
The most basic principles of creating a strong password include:
For example, if you added some numbers and symbols to our previous password example of HeLLowORlD, and made it to be @12HeLLowORlD12@, it would now take a computer 1 trillion years to hack, compared to 1 month.
Below you will find a list of the most common and worst passwords of 2021 – according to SplashData and NordPass. If you find that your password(s) are on this list, we plead that you immediately change it to a strong one.
| No. | Password | Time to crack it |
|---|---|---|
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
123456 123456789 picture1 password 12345678 111111 123123 12345 1234567890 senha |
< 1 sec < 1 sec 3 hrs < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 10 sec |
|
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
1234567 qwerty abc123 Million2 000000 1234 iloveyou aaron431 password1 qqww1122 |
< 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 3 hrs < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 3 hrs < 1 sec 52 min |
|
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 |
123 omgpop 123321 654321 qwertyuiop qwer123456 123456a a123456 666666 asdfghjkl |
< 1 sec 2 min < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 4 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec |
|
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 |
ashley 987654321 unknown zxcvbnm 112233 chatbooks 20100728 123123123 princess jacket025 |
2 min < 1 sec 17 min < 1 sec < 1 sec 1 day < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 8 hrs |
|
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 |
evite 123abc 123qwe sunshine 121212 dragon 1q2w3e4r 5201314 159753 123456789 |
10 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 26 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec |
|
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 |
pokemon qwerty123 Bangbang123 jobandtalent monkey 1qaz2wsx abcd1234 default aaaaaa soccer |
< 1 sec < 1 sec 2 days 3 years < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 3 min < 1 sec < 1 sec |
|
61 52 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 |
123654 ohmnamah23 12345678910 zing shadow 102030 11111111 asdfgh 147258369 qazwsx |
< 1 sec 12 days < 1 sec 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec |
|
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 |
qwe123 michael football baseball 1q2w3e4r5t party daniel asdasd 222222 myspace1 |
< 1 sec 8 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 10 sec 5 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec 3 hrs |
|
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 |
asd123 555555 a123456789 888888 7777777 fuckyou 1234qwer superman 147258 999999 |
< 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec |
|
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 |
159357 love123 tigger purple samantha charlie babygirl 88888888 jordan23 789456123 |
< 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec < 1 sec |
Data from table above has been gathered from NordPass.com.