Sunday, February 26, 2012

Weak Passwords are the Real Gateways for the Hackers

Are you a normal user of Internet or a System ?,then what is your E-mail accounts password or the System's,let me Guess,it may be your name or your mother name,Father name,Sister name,Mobile number or 12345.Almost 17% of Internet users using these passwords. Here I am not only talking about the Normal users,even expert users like IT Guys and Technical heads also using these passwords.These passwords are considered as the weakest passwords in the Internet,A hacker can easily Guess your password or else he may use any Buffer Overflow attack on your E-mail.And easily gains access of your E-mail account or your system's.


Not only in the client sides even ISP's are not taking proper precautions when setting up their Router passwords.Almost as a Network Engineer I experienced this issue in my concern also.Not only in mine I also observed the same in every Concern.Almost ISP's are still using their Cisco Enable Passwords as Cisco123 or Cisco, In this case if a hacker can manage to get into a ISP's network then think what he can do ?,He can infect even the whole network by releasing a worm.
So I recommend these bellow points,Please follow these and be safe.


  • Don't use any Dictionary Words like cool,dude,master,revolution etc.
  • Especially don't mension any part of the password as your name and Surname,and also Don't use Mobile number as your password.
  • Always use a password which contains Small letters, Capital Letters,special symbols and Numbers.
  • And also check your password strength in the Password Meter.
  • In my opinion never use a single password for all your accounts,or else if anybody got your password they can easily access all your accounts,so Make sure about it.
  • Even you may use Linux,Mac OS or Windows or the latest Windows7,it doesn't matters which operating system it is.Always use a Complex Password.
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