20 safe and unsafe passwords

Why my password is hacked? This is most common question asked by many online internet users. Here is the simple answer. You password is so easy to crack that even your younger child may get that. According to world economic forum 123456 is the most common password but there are some other too. Like admin123,password and 111111 are some widely used passwords.

How much time it take to crack “111111”. Weak passwords can make it easier for unauthorized individuals to gain access to your accounts and even your financial information. Many people face difficulties in remembering passwords. In 2024 there are a lot of password manager and extensions available iin the market that helps you to manage your passwords.

But why we are very much focused on securing things and choosing strong passwords.

Why Password is important

Passwords help secure personal data, financial information and other sensitive content from unauthorized access. It can be first layer to gain access to your information. Creating strong and complex passwords is key to keep your data secure. You can read our article of how to get strong password for more details.

5 Factors that decide password strength

There are a lot of factors that must be in mind for deciding password strength.

You are not using something very common.
You must test uniqueness of your password.
It should mix things like characters, symbols, uppercase etc.
Only you can remember that but it should have some randomness.
Must have decent length of more than 10 characters.

Some commonly used unsafe passwords in 2024

Some commonly used unsafe passwords in 2024 that are very simple and top the list of our unsafe passwords.

000000
123456
qwerty
password
123456789
12345
12345678
111111
abc123
123123
password1
1234567
welcome
admin
iloveyou
letmein
sunshine
football
monkey
princess
dragon
123qwe
qwerty123
baseball
1q2w3e4r
superman
qazwsx
654321
zxcvbnm
michael

Why they are unsafe

Most of them are super simple sequences like “123456” or “111111,” which anyone could guess.All these passwords are simple words that can easily be guessed even without any tool. Dictionary attack is a method used by hackers to guess passwords by systematically trying every word in a pre-defined list. The above mentioned password are very simple to guess with even free tools.

So to avoid these simple mistakes we should choose some strong and random combinations.

Best strong passwords in 2024

These passwords are considered safe due to their randomness, length, and combination characters, numbers, and letters.

G9t$R8fX@7
L1ght$@2024
V1br@nt#T8
M!cr0@Cr8ft
R3d!P0wer$7
S7orm^Br@v3
N0v@^P1ckL3
T1m3$W!nd#8
F@stC@rs2024
D3@lW!nn3r#5
C0d3@Br@v3!
M3t@L!nk$#9
J!nX3d^W!sh
S@nd!$t0rm7
Xylo^P1n#c0
Bl@z3F!re$2
Q4u@ntum!8
S1lver#R!ng7
Cr!mson^Eagl3
T0rn@do$F1sh
Bl!zz@rdC0ld
P!3rc3^St@r9
T1ger^P@wZ1
V!king$Bl@de
R@inbow^D@ze
S@ph!r3G3m#1
M0n@rch$7F!re
W@ve$Turb0@9
St@rkB!t^32
Z3n!th@R0ck$

How you can improve password strength

Here is a simple procedure to improve password strength. We will provide you the example and create one strong password so to understand the process. You can follow the steps for your convenience.

For or test we use bitwarden password checker:

Step 1: Choose a base word

Choose any base word or phrase.
We choose word “titanic”.
Lets test its strength in any checker.

Step 2: Increase length

Try to choose more than 10 characters length.
As more length gives you more space of trying combinations.
Lets test its strength in any checker.

Step 3: Add some numbers

We know titanic sink date year is 1912.
we add 10 instead of 12(minus 2 years)”titanic10″.
Lets test its strength in any checker.

Step 4: Add some symbols

As we subtract 2 years from 12(1912 titanic sink year).
so we use character “-” word “titanic10-“.
Lets test its strength in any checker.

Step 5: Try to make unique

To make it more unique we capitalize third character “tiTanic10-“.
To make it more complex we change c to k.
Lets test its strength in any checker.

Tip: If you add another random word like your cat name, that will make it more difficult to crack.

Conclusion

Finally we create a password that take 7 months to crack according to password strength meter. Creating a strong complex password is an interesting task.

You can try different combinations. Give some time to create strong password. We also recommend you to save password hints instead of saving password directly if you are not using password manager.