Recently LastPass,
the password manager owned by LogMeln, reported that 91% of respondents use the same password
for multiple accounts and 53% didn’t change their password for 12 months.
Despite a
high-profile security breaches, multiple warnings, probable financial and
personal impact, a lot of people just don’t consider a password change as a
normal routine.
As I mention
before, usually we are facing a password “psychology” where people are using
dates of birth, last/first name or other public information as a password.
At this day
few simple tips to reduce a risk to be attacked:
1.
Avoid
overused practices such as using exclamation
2.
Longer
password is harder to crack
3.
Don’t use
public info such as your name or your pet name
4.
Avoid
incremental values such as “12345” or “abcd”
5.
Protect you
security question with information that never was exposed online or fake the
answers
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