A recent report analyzed more than 800 million breached passwords revealing passwords are the weakest link in an organization’s network.
According to the Specops Software annual Weak Password Report, “password”, “admin”, “welcome” and “p@ssw0rd” were the most common base terms used in passwords. The study also found that 88% of passwords used in successful attacks were 12 characters or less, with eight characters being the most common at 24%. At 18.82%, passwords containing only lowercase letters were the most common character combination.