15 July 2015
Have you ever thought about how secure your password is? Could someone guess your passwords and gain access to private accounts?
This blog is a basic overview of common passwords that people are using and how to make your passwords stronger and less obvious to guess.
How to create a strong password
- Make your password at least 8 characters long.
- Utilise upper and lowercase letters in your password:
ABC - abc. - Incorporate numbers into your password:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0. - Incorporate symbols into your password:
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ / - + { } : ” < > ? , . ’ - Utilise partial words in your passwords: Aust#%1726!.
Things not to do
- Don’t reuse passwords over and over again; if one password gets compromised they are all compromised.
- Don’t use your own name as a password.
- Don’t use your business name as password.
- Don’t replace an “a” with an @ symbol.
- Don’t replace an “s” with a $ sign.
- Don’t replace an o with a 0 (Zero).
- Don’t use full words.
Change your password
For security reasons I strongly recommend that you take the time to change your password periodically.
Common passwords that you should avoid!
- password
- password1
- 123456
- 1234
- qwerty
- qwertyuiop
- incorrect
- dragon
- abc123
- access
- letmein
- welcome
- computer
- admin
- secret
- football
Check out this interesting video for further information.
Further Information
Written by
Matt Salter
Project Manager / Developer
UBC Web Design
