The 25 worst P@ssw0rds of 2015

Bad password security is one of the simplest vulnerabilities a business can address and yet simple, easy-to-guess passwords are all too common in the workplace. Here is a list of the 25 most common and least secure passwords from last year.

1) 123456 (unchanged)
2) password (unchanged)
3) 12345678 (up 1)
4) qwerty (up 1)
5) 12345 (down 2)
6) 123456789 (unchanged)
7) football (up 3)
8) 1234 (down 1)
9) 1234567 (up 2)
10) baseball (down 2)
11) welcome (new)
12) 1234567890 (new)
13) abc123 (up 1)
14) 111111 (up 1)
15) 1qaz2wsx (new)
16) dragon (down 7)
17) master (up 2)
18) monkey (down 6)
19) letmein (down 6)
20) login (new)
21) princess (new)
22) qwertyuiop (new)
23) solo (new)
24) passw0rd (new)
25) starwars (new)

If your password is on this list – Contact Us to help you change it and implement a ‘Password Protection Policy’ appropriate for your business.