Hackers' favourite passwords to break into computer systems revealed

A test run may have revealed the password hackers use most when they try to break into computer systems: ‘123456’.

Sophos, a network and computer security company, found cyber-attackers used that password in 1,376 login attempts in a span of 30 days in a Mumbai cloud server honeypot test. Sophos's report said the same password was used 15,785 times in login attempts globally. The other vulnerable passwords in the Mumbai cloudserver included: '1234', 'Admin', 'Ubnt', and '12345'.
The honeypots were setup in 10 of the most popular Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the world, including California, Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Mumbai, Ohio, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore, and Sydney over a 30-day period.

A honeypot is a system intended to mimic likely targets of cyberattackers, so that security researchers can monitor cybercriminal behaviors.

Sunil Sharma, managing director sales, Sophos India & SAARC, said that passwords were an important aspect of computer security. "Building strong, unique passwords and using a password manager to keep track of them is a best security practice everyone should use in this digital age,” he added. Read Complete Article