Make passwords smartly: the list for 25 top passwords for 2013

Passwords are words that must be different from those which are used on a daily basis and should be difficult to crack. And if you till now thought that after constantly reading the above statements, users might have become little discerning with their passwords, then think again as you are wrong, can’t say how? It’s because here we have the list of 25 passwords that were the most common ones to be used last year.

The list has been compiled from the millions of passwords that were stolen by hackers. A major part of these relates with the Adobe hackers which targeted 38 million victims that took place in October, last year. The list even includes two new passwords, which are “photoshop” and “adobe123”, which explains there entry now. From this, you should now understand that using the name of the program you are logging into is the worst idea and a complete no-no.

Since a long-long time, 2013 for a change didn’t list the word “password” as the number one choice, as it has now moved down to the second place, with 123456 taking the top spot. More options from the new entrants include azerty and the ever- mysterious 000000. So, folks, start behaving smart, as it’s your password, which must be chosen with care and not just because it’s easy to recall.

The list of 25 most popular password choices for 2013, goes in the following way in the downhill order from 25 to 1…

1. On number 25, a new entrant as 000000
2. On number 24, we have trustno1, which last year was on number 12
3. On 23^rd place there is a new entrant as azerty
4. On 22^nd place again a new name- princess
5. On 21^st we have password1, which moved up from last year’s 25^th place
6. On 20^th a new one again as 12345
7. On 19^th its sunshine that’s fallen from last years 14^th spot
8. On 18^th, shadow stays unchanged
9. On 17^th its monkey that slipped from 8^th position
10. On 16^th- a new option as 1234
11. On 15^th, again a new option, which is photoshop
12. On 14^th, an inviting password, letmein, down by 7 places
13. On 13^th, a new option as 1234567890(pretty loooong)
14. On 12^th, again a new option as admin
15. On 11^th, is last year’s 16^th one which is 123123
16. On 10^th, a new entrant as adobe123 (Oct attack)
17. On 9^th the proposal word iloveyou, up by 2 places
18. On 8^th, up by 5 places is 1234567
19. On 7^th, up by 2 places is 111111
20. On 6^th there is a new one as 123456789
21. On 5^th, falling from 6^th place is abc123
22. On 4^th, up by one place is qwerty
23. 3^rd remaining unchanged is 12345678
24. On 2^nd its password, falling from the 1^st place held since many years
25. On the top place its 123456, which was the 2^nd on list last year 

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