New research has revealed the 32 most common passwords traded by cybercriminals on the Dark Web
that were either cracked by the attackers or stored unencrypted in the first place. An analysis of those nearly 20 million passwords revealed that only 4.9 million were unique. Of the remainder, some were far more commonly used than others.Before I get to the 32 most commonly used passwords that you should avoid using if you value your security,also revealed some interesting facts on an industry by industry basis.
When it came to the industries with the highest number of stolen credentials, however, things looked very different. Technology topped the list, followed by financials , healthcare , industrials and energy .The report also reveals that 42% of all the stolen passwords found were related in one way or another to the company name concerned or the breached resource itself.
"The disastrous situation with weak passwords may first appear to be easily addressable by standard technical means," says Ilia Kolochenko, CEO and founder of ImmuniWeb,"however, in light of the wide and dynamic spectrum of corporate and third-party systems handling confidential or sensitive data, this task becomes virtually unfeasible.
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