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

Security Boulevard: FIDO: Consumers are Adopting Passkeys for Authentication

There appears to be growing momentum behind the use of passkeys as an alternative identity…

Read More →

Retail TouchPoints: The Login Effect: The Role of Customer Authentication Psychology in Retail Success

Retail lags in authentication modernization, but not because providers aren’t interested in upgrading. It’s because…

Read More →

TechRadar: Youth of today say passwords are old news; passkeys are the future

Younger generations see passwords as outdated and are opting for passkeys, a FIDO-backed technology offering…

Read More →