How Strong is Your Password?

HOW STRONG IS YOUR PASSWORD? BROUGHT TO YOU BY Password Genie" SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF WEAK PASSWORDS Password theft is a huge issue for many internet users. From email logins to bank account numbers, we all have passwords that access different parts of our viral lives. Unfortunately, many of us create weak or common passwords in an attempt to make logging-in to the various sites we visit as easy as possible. Password hackers feast on such laxsecurity YOUR FRIENDS' & FAMILY MEMBERS' measures and can obtain your information much easier than you might think. Many people use their name, birthday, common words, or other easy to remember password combinations that these hackers can NAMES PASSWORDS USED PREVIOUSLY easily discover to gain access to secure information. This infographic, pre sented by SecurityCoverage, details just how common the passwords we all use might be, and how easily hackers can get past them. I.D. WORDS • IN THE • DICTIONARY YOUR NAME COMMON KEYBOARD PATTERNS & SWIPES username NAMES suzie235 qwerty password asdig suzle235 JAMES 2. JOHN 3. ROBERT 4. MICHAEL 5. WILLIAM 1 MARY 2. LINDA O00000000000 3. BARBARA 4. ELIZABETH 5. JENNIFER .............. ...... .. DOO0O00000C OOOO000000 YOUR LOGIN INFORMATION EXTENSIVE PASSWORD BREACHES 30% ROCKYOU.COM YAHOO! LINKEDIN 30 MIL >450k 6.5 MIL have >6 characters TOP 10 MOST POPULAR PASSWORD PHRASES IN EACH BREACH 123456 123456 link 40% 290,731 users 1,666 users 941 users use only lowercase characters 12345 password 1234 79,078 users 780 users 435 users 123456789 welcome work 76,790 users 436 users 294 users 16% password ninja god use only digits 61,958 users 333 users 214 users iloveyou abc123 job 51,622 users 250 users 205 users less than 123456789 4% princess 12345 35,231 users use special characters 222 users 179 users rockyou 12345678 angel 22,588 users 208 users 176 users ОТНER COMMON PASSWORDS 1234567 sunshine the 21,726 users 205 users 143 users 12345678 princess ilove letmein 20,553 users 202 users 133 users monkey abc123 qwerty sex 1111111 17,542 users 172 users 119 users HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR A COMPUTER TO CRACK YOUR PASSWORD? ------...------...... ...---.... ´lowercase 10 minutes 6 CHARACTERS UPPERCASE 10 hours #s & Symbols 18 days lowercase 4 hours I CHARACTERS UPPERCASE 23 days #s & Symbols 4 years lowercase 4 days 8 CHARACTERS UPPERCASE 3 years #s & Symbols - ---............. .. lowercase 463 years 4 months 9 CHARACTERS UPPERCASE 178 years KEY minutes hours days #s & Symbols years decades millenia 44,530 years THE AVERAGE USER 73% 33% 25 VISITS PASSWORD- PROTECTED SITES, BUT USES ONLY PASSWORDS use the same password across multiple sites use the same password across EVERY site The easier a password is to remember, the easier it is to crack. The harder a password is to remember, the harder it is to crack. LIKELY UNLIKELY CRACKING Using Password Genie to create, protect, and remember your passwords is a simple solution to the information theft dilemma facing internet users today. Available in the Google play + PasswordGenie" app store SOURCES http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_06/b4214036460585.htm http://www.imperva.com/docs/WP_Consumer_Password_WorstPractices.pdf http://www.pcworld.com/article/188763/too_many_people_reuse_logins_study_finds.html http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2009/03/10/password-website/ http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/passwords-create.aspx http://passwordresearch.com/stats/statindex.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010058/password-management-future-technology.html http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/07/12107855-a-linkedin-leak-lesson-top-30-dumb-passwords-people-still-use?lite http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2173616/Revealed-The-commonly-used-passwords-hacked-accounts--password-them.html