Here are few high-risk passwords you should avoid at all costs

According to password manager NordPass’ annual list of the world’s most commonly used passwords, the user psychology of most users while setting their passwords, hasn’t really evolved. Most of them prefer setting convenient passwords than creative ones.

For instance, the most easily accessible keys on a keypad are either the numbers in ascending order in first row like “123456789” or simply “qwerty” or any other combination of straight letters, The Verge reported.

A large number of users, while setting up their personal passwords do not minutely think about the consequences of potential data breach attempted by cybercriminals, rather they just want to get done with the process as hurriedly as possible.

The NordPass’ list of most commonly utilised passwords is generated by employing a 2.5TB database of “publicly available resources,” few of which were there were Dark Web too.

So if your password falls under the list of most popular passwords, then it’s about time you should consider changing it.

Following is the list of top 10 most common passwords:

• 123456
• 123456789
• 12345678
• password
• qwerty123
• qwerty1
• 111111
• 12345
• secret
• 123123

For a total of five out of six times, NordPass disclosed the common passwords’ list with “password” topping the list of the most repeated passwords set by people in 2022. Other most frequently used passwords included ABCs, 123s and Qwerty etc.

Then there are the ones who choose their passwords to be named after their favorite games such as “minecraft,” or cartoon characters like “pokemon” and “naruto” or even their favorite electronic brands like “samsung” and “apple.”

NordPass mentions that such ordinary passwords can be cracked within seconds by the malicious actors.