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It takes less than a second to crack these commonly-used passwords

Here are the most used passwords in India in 2022.

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The most common passwords in India and how long it takes to crack them

In an increasingly digitised world, the importance of passwords has surged as a critical safeguard …

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From 'bigbasket' to 'googledummy', these are the most commonly used passwords in India

Passwords are becoming more and more important in this digital world and we have to remember severa…

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AI chatbots are cracking the code: How PassGAN can break into 51% of common passwords in under a minute

Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing the next big change to the world, and AI chatbots like Cha…

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India's most popular password is 'password', same as Japan

Other common passwords people use in India are "iloveyou", "krishna", "sairam" and "omsairam", a…

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The most hacked accounts use passwords like - Iloveyou, 12345 and princess

That doesn’t seem to prevent people from millions of people from using passwords such as “12345”…

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How to create strong passwords for every site, and keep your info secure from hackers

To create a truly strong password, you should use a mix of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, …

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'Samsung' most commonly-used passwords in 2021: Study

Samsung, or rather "samsung" with a lowercase S, is one of the most commonly used passwords in at l…

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Here's How Hackers Took Over The Burger King Twitter Account

A password cracker is a piece of software that employs a technique to guess passwords much more qui…

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Make Sure You Aren't Using One Of The 'Worst Passwords Of 2013'

Use passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters. But even passwords with c…

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The most common mistakes people make when choosing passwords, according to research

The study evaluated 6.1 million anonymized passwords gathered by Gang Wang, a computer science rese…

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17 of the weakest passwords used on Ashley Madison

Avast looked at the first million passwords in the Ashley Madison database to determine which ones …

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Passkeys may soon replace passwords - everything you need to know

If you are tired of remembering multiple different passwords, there is good news for you. Google is…

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If Your Password Is On This List, You Should Change It Immediately

To keep your passwords secure, you definitely shouldn't use any of the phrases on SplashData's list…

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Microsoft bans stupid passwords

Most digital accounts set password requirements, demanding certain length, special characters or ca…

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You may need to change your Facebook or Netflix password - but not because they were hacked

Cybersecurity professionals strongly recommend using different passwords for different services. Th…

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If your password is on this list, you should change it immediately

SplashData recommends using passwords that are eight digits or longer, with different types of char…

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'How secure is my password?': How to test the strength and security of your passwords using an online password-security tool

You can test the security of your passwords by using a password-strength checker on an online passw…

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