Thursday, May 28, 2020

How Unsafe is Your LinkedIn Password [INFOGRAPHIC]

How Unsafe is Your LinkedIn Password [INFOGRAPHIC] You will not have missed the story about LinkedIn and the 6.46 million stolen user passwords. Here is a study done by Rapid 7, looking at the most popular passwords people use on LinkedIn as well as some of the common mistakes made while setting passwords. Top 5 passwords (avoid these at all cost): link 1234 work god 12345 Common password mistakes by users: Not watching your language:  foul passwords are weak and can be embarrassing when disclosed! Bad relationship:  using a password related to the site (such as link in this case). Religion:  typical passwords will be god, angel and jesus hackers know this! Count Dracula (of Sesame St that is):  dont use numbers like 123456789! Size: 3 or 4 letters is way to short and try not to use the word love as a prefix RELATED: How Social Media is an Online Privacy Risk for You.

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