1. Birthday (Birth Date) Passwords
Using
birth days as passwords are usually for people who are the most forgetful and
there are very many of them. The problem with birthdates is that anyone can
close or slightly related can guess it. And any hacker can simply try a few
combinations of birthday passwords and easily find arrive at the right one.
Birthdays are often what hackers use before trying other advanced password hacking methods.
2.Personal Names and Relative Names
Names
of strangers or pseudonyms are good as passwords when they are combined with
other characters or numbers. But just be careful that you don’t give away hints
because that’s where the danger lies. In the past years, “Mndeme” and “Mwakitalima”
were common names used as passwords and many online accounts were easily hacked
simply using these passwords.
3. Sports Team Names
In Tanzania,
the word “Yanga or Simba” is one of the most common password because it is
the easiest team name to type. Millions of people watch professional sports
games like , Football and Basketball have been using some
of these teams as their passwords for their email and other online accounts; a
big mistake and easily hacked passwords.
4. “abc123” Combination
These
are very easy letters and digits to memorize so it’s not surprising that many
people use them. But unfortunately they are very easy to hack into. Hackers have
their own database or
“dictionary” that lists common and easy passwords and at times they use
automated software to feed in various combinations of these common passwords to
try to log in to your online accounts. “abc123” and “123abc” are exactly the
combinations that will be a hit in a matter of seconds.
5. “qwerty” and “yuiop” Passwords
At the
first glance they may look very distinctive and hard to guess but these
passwords are easy because they are arranged on keyboards in a straight
line. Hackers have their own database of patterns, aside from alphabetical orders or numeric orders
they also try keyboard arrangements, which most people commonly use.
6. Numerical Passwords of “123456”
”654321”
These
numbers have an obvious pattern which any hackers can easily determine. The numbers written backwards can’t escape
the pattern determination either. Even if you jumble the same six digits, hackerswould still make getting in your account is a piece of
cake.
7.The Word “password”
For
years, researchers keep seeing this word as being used over and over again.
Using the same name game could really hurt your online data and the hackers can get into almost any account you
have and take advantage of your personal information especially if you use the
same password to all your accounts. Moreover, adding digits, such as
“password1” is not going to make that much easier. It may take longer for your
account to be hacked but it will eventually be accessed
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