{"id":13279,"date":"2018-10-03T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T10:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=13279"},"modified":"2018-11-06T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T09:53:17","slug":"cyber-aware-month-common-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2018\/10\/cyber-aware-month-common-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Common passwords[:af]Kubersekuriteit-bewustheidsmaand: Algemene wagwoorde[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[:en]<\/p>\n

The past two years have been particularly devastating for data security worldwide, with a number of well-publicised hacks, data breaches and extortion attempts.<\/p>\n

Annually SplashData<\/a> publishes a list of the most common passwords. The list is created using data from more than five million passwords that were leaked by hackers in 2018 and with a quick glance at the list, one thing is clear – we do not learn from our mistakes.<\/p>\n

People continue to use easy-to-guess passwords to protect their information. For example, \u201c123456\u201d and \u201cpassword\u201d retain their top two spots on the list\u2014for the fifth consecutive year and variations of these two \u201cworst passwords\u201d make up six of the remaining passwords on the list.<\/p>\n

SplashData<\/a> estimates almost 10% of people have used at least one of the 25 worst passwords on this year\u2019s list, and nearly 3% of people have used the worst password – 123456.<\/p>\n

Here is the list of the top 10 passwords of 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. 123456<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. password<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. 12345678<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. qwerty<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. 12345<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. 123456789<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. letmein<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. 1234567<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. football<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. iloveyou<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Another typical example is 1q2w3e4r5t.\u00a0<\/strong> Although it seems very cryptic, one look at a computer keyboard and it’s easy to guess.<\/p>\n

    \"Not<\/p>\n

    It is a sobering fact that most people still underestimate the importance of having a secure password, and still make mistake to use simple words or numbers as a password.<\/p>\n

    \u201cPasswords are the only control you have to secure your data with most systems these days. If your password is easily guessed by someone, then the person essentially becomes you. Use the same password across services and devices, and they can take over your digital identity.” Shaun Murphy, CEO of SNDR<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

    In the next post of our Cyber Aware Month series, we look at how to create a strong password you can remember.<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    [:af]<\/p>\n

    Datasekuriteit w\u00eareldwyd is die afgelope\u00a0twee jaar \u0149 stewige knou toegedien met \u0149 groot getal\u00a0wyd-gepubliseerde\u00a0kuberkraak-insident, databreuke en afpersing-insidente.<\/p>\n

    SplashData<\/a> publiseer\u00a0jaarliks \u0149 lys van die algemeenste\u00a0wagwoorde. Die lys word saamgestel\u00a0deur data te gebruik\u00a0van meer as\u00a0vyf miljoen\u00a0wagwoorde\u00a0wat uitgelek\u00a0is deur kuberkrakers\u00a0in 2018. Die enigste\u00a0gevolgtrekking waartoe ons kan kom as ons na die lys kyk, is dat ons steeds nie leer uit ons foute nie.<\/p>\n

    Wagwoorde wat maklik is om te raai\u00a0word steeds deurlopend\u00a0gebruik om belangrike\u00a0inligting te beskerm. \u201c123456\u201d en \u201cpassword\u201d staan steeds sterk\u00a0in die eerste\u00a0en tweede\u00a0plek\u00a0op die lys\u00a0\u2014 vir die vyfde jaar opeenvolgend. Daarbenewens maak die twee swakste wagwoorde ook deel uit van ses ander wagwoorde op die lys.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

    SplashData<\/a>\u00a0raai dat\u00a0ongeveer\u00a010% mense ten minste\u00a0een van die 25 swakste\u00a0wagwoorde op di\u00e9 jaar se lys\u00a0gebruik en amper 3% gebruik\u00a0die swakste een\u00a0\u2014 123456<\/p>\n

    Hier is die lys van die top 10 wagwoorde vir\u00a02018:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. 123456<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. password<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. 12345678<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. qwerty<\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. 12345<\/strong><\/li>\n
    6. 123456789<\/strong><\/li>\n
    7. letmein<\/strong><\/li>\n
    8. 1234567<\/strong><\/li>\n
    9. football<\/strong><\/li>\n
    10. iloveyou<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u0149 Ander popul\u00eare keuse is 1q2w3e4r5t.<\/strong>Dit mag redelik kripties lyk, maar as jy na jou rekenaar se sleutelbord kyk is dit maklik om te raai.<\/p>\n

      \"Not<\/p>\n

      Die meeste\u00a0rekenaargebruikers\u00a0onderskat\u00a0steeds die belangrikheid van \u0149 sterk, veilige wagwoord en gebruik steeds eenvoudige woorde of nommers as hulle wagwoorde.\u00a0<\/p>\n

      \u201cPasswords are the only control you have to secure your data with most systems these days. If your password is easily guessed by someone, then the person essentially becomes you. Use the same password across services and devices, and they can take over your digital identity.” Shaun Murphy, CEO of SNDR<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

      In die volgende\u00a0artikel\u00a0vir Kubersekuriteit-bewustheidsmaand kyk\u00a0ons hoe om \u0149 sterk\u00a0wagwoord te kies wat jy ook maklik sal onthou.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

      \u00a0<\/p>\n

      [:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      [:en] The past two years have been particularly devastating for data security worldwide, with a number of well-publicised hacks, data breaches and extortion attempts. Annually SplashData publishes a list of the most common passwords. The list is created using data from more than five million passwords that were leaked by hackers in 2018 and with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20381,29187,48737],"tags":[58685,54494,61987],"class_list":["post-13279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phishing","category-security-2","category-tips-2","tag-awareness","tag-cyber-security","tag-month"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 22:55:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13279"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13328,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13279\/revisions\/13328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}