Based on the internet and hackers data, the list of worst passwords of 2012 is out and here are among the 25 worst.
- password (unchanged)
- 123456 (unchanged)
- 12345678 (unchanged)
- abc123 (up 1)
- qwerty (down 1)
- monkey (unchanged)
- letmein (up 1)
- dragon (up 2)
- 111111 (up 3)
- baseball (up 1)
- iloveyou (up 2)
- trustno1 (down 3)
- 1234567 (down 6)
- sunshine (up 1)
- master (down 1)
- 123123 (up 4)
- welcome (new)
- shadow (up 1)
- ashley (down 3)
- football (up 5)
- jesus (new)
- michael (up 2)
- ninja (new)
- mustang (new)
- password1 (new)
The tips for creating a good password are among the posts in this forum, so browse and review them. Protect your accounts and avoid using the string "Password" since it tops in the hackers list as most used password.