Experts discovered the top 10 overused passwords in the US that could put you at risk of being easily hacked.

NordPass and NordSteller recently released its sixth annual analysis of personal password habits.

Based on NordPass and NordStellar’s data they crunched, ‘secret’ was the most common password in the US.

The management platforms found that the password was used 328,831 times, and it would take less than one second for someone to crack it.

‘Secret’ is also ranked in the top 10 most common passwords in the world.

Andrew Shikiar, executive director of FIDO Alliance, mentioned hackers could guess the password if it’s even spelled using numbers or with other substitutions while speaking with CNBC.

‘For example, they might believe that “secret” is a weak password but “s3cr3t” will be hard to guess,’ Shikiar said in 2019. 


More

MSN: Twitter Now Supports Security Keys as Sole Two-Factor Authentication Method

The keys use the FIDO and WebAuthn security standards to transfer the burden of protecting…

Read More →

HelpNetSecurity: LoginID SDK empowers developers to integrate FIDO strong authentication into their websites or apps

LoginID announced additional SDK options for developers. These SDKs empower developers to integrate FIDO strong…

Read More →

Global Security Mag: FIDO Alliance: Major Novelties to Move Faster Towards a Passwordless World

The FIDO Alliance unveils its first user experience (UX) guidelines and new enhancements to the…

Read More →


Subscribe to the FIDO newsletter

Stay Connected, Stay Engaged

Receive the latest news, events, research and implementation guidance from the FIDO Alliance. Learn about digital identity and fast, phishing-resistant authentication with passkeys.