Zoe Fox of Mashable.com lists the top 25 Worse Passwords of 2011 from SplashData’s annual list. SplashData’s CEO, Morgan Slain, urges anyone using any of these passwords to change it immediately. Below are the top 5 out of the list.
1. password
2. 123456
3.12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
Here are the top 3 passwords that our random participants agreed are also part of the worse passwords category:
1. Test1234
2. Boxco
3. Password1
Every company should have an internal IT security policy that is communicated from the IT administrators. The policy should contain basic critical information such as guidelines on choosing stronger and secure passwords and ways to spot suspicious emails and links. Similar to using faulty passwords, many users with administrator rights are installing “faulty” applications on their desktops. These applications can be an aversion to daily job tasks and most of the time introduces malicious malware and viruses into the environment. Companies can reduce the risks of being a victim to cyber attacks by informing and training employees about the internal IT security policies and making the move to a least privileges environment so that malicious applications cannot be installed.
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