Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
The most widely used passwords are just that "password" or some variant [Brianspassword, password2, etc] The second most common are key runs, [12345678,Qwertyu,zxcvbnM, etc]
Then come the phishers favourite passwords, the names of your favourite things, and the names and birthdates of your family,
I am sure you have all seen them on social media, but have you twigged they are information gathering, any round-robin that include what is the name of your favourite **** name a record that was number one when you were borne, which colour will you choose, what does your name mean? All these and others are there to collect information that could lead to your password, and the majority of social media users do not realise this and happily give away the leads,
to make a strong password, take 2 or 3 words at random totalling 12 letters or more, string them together in lower case, then change at least 4 to capitals [but not at the beginning or end of words] then change some letters to numbers at random, and finally insert a few wild cards [-=/,?+£$ etc] when you have finished you should have a very strong password of at least 15 letters
in the words of Sergeant Phil Esterhaus [Hill Street Blues] "Let's be safe out there"
Then come the phishers favourite passwords, the names of your favourite things, and the names and birthdates of your family,
I am sure you have all seen them on social media, but have you twigged they are information gathering, any round-robin that include what is the name of your favourite **** name a record that was number one when you were borne, which colour will you choose, what does your name mean? All these and others are there to collect information that could lead to your password, and the majority of social media users do not realise this and happily give away the leads,
to make a strong password, take 2 or 3 words at random totalling 12 letters or more, string them together in lower case, then change at least 4 to capitals [but not at the beginning or end of words] then change some letters to numbers at random, and finally insert a few wild cards [-=/,?+£$ etc] when you have finished you should have a very strong password of at least 15 letters
in the words of Sergeant Phil Esterhaus [Hill Street Blues] "Let's be safe out there"
