Cuando se trata de actualizar una contraseña para una cuenta, muchas personas pueden simplemente optar por modificar la anterior con un ligero cambio de ortografía o la inclusión de un nuevo conjunto de números al final.
However, hacerlo puede hacerte mucho más vulnerable a los piratas informáticos, según una nueva investigación.
Un estudio ha revelado los errores más comunes que muchas personas cometen al tratar de proteger sus perfiles en Internet.
Gang Wang, investigador en informática de Virginia Tech, reunió más de 61 millones de contraseñas anonimizadas como parte de la investigación, que luego fueron analizadas por el servicio de administración de contraseñas Dashlane.
All passwords included in the study had leaked over the years due to data breaches.
According to the study, there are more than 16 millions of password pairs, I mean, reused or slightly modified passwords, that can be easily cracked in just 10 attempts.
These are the most common mistakes people make when deciding on their daily passwords:
-Using the same password for multiple accounts: The study indicates that more than half of users used or modified the same password for multiple accounts, which may seem understandable considering the large number of passwords we are expected to remember daily. However, Doing this can put you at risk if one of the accounts where you used the password gets hacked.
-Choosing your password based on adjacent keys: An easy way to remember a password is simply to choose it based on keys that are next to each other on the keyboard. However, this also makes it easy to figure out. Passwords that use adjacent keys include examples like “12345”, “qwert” and “! @ £ $%”. The most common examples of adjacent-key passwords, as noted in Dashlane, were: “1q2w3e4r”, “1qaz2wsx”, “1qazxsw2”, “zaq12wsx”, “! Qaz2wsx” and “1qaz @ wsx”. If any of these becomes your password, you might consider changing them to something less obvious.
-Emotionally loaded passwords: Parece que muchas personas optan por contraseñas que transmiten sentimientos apasionados, algo que debe evitarse. El lenguaje que se refiere a las emociones de amor u odio era un tema muy común de las contraseñas analizadas, con la frase “iloveyou” como la opción más popular. Varias de las elecciones preferidas también incluyeron una variedad de palabrotas. Si es usted propenso a maldecir en sus contraseñas, puede valer la pena buscar otra salida para su frustración.
-Marcas famosas: Se descubrió que una serie de marcas famosas apareció en las contraseñas filtradas. Muchas personas eligen incluir compañías bien conocidas como Myspace, Coca-Cola y Playboy en sus combinaciones de contraseñas. Skittles and Ferrari also made the list of most commonly used easy-to-guess passwords.
-Favorite pop culture references: From TV to memes, Pop culture in 2017 was not entirely disappointing. What better way to pay tribute to your favorite band or movie than by making it your go-to password, Correct? Incorrect. Doing so is a very common mistake, especially when it comes to blockbuster hits or pop culture icons. As expected, The DC superhero Superman was the most popular pop culture icon to make the list, with Pokémon in second place. Star Wars came in fourth, Nirvana came in sixth, while Spider-Man was placed eighth on the list.
-Football fans: If you are a die-hard football fan, it is likely that you have made it very clear on all your social media channels. Knowing this, it may not be the wisest idea to also include the name of your beloved football team in your password. Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Barcelona and Manchester were the most prevalent football teams from the Champions League found in the study's passwords.