10 most dangerous passwords

Internet security firm Imperva recently unveiled a list of most commonly used passwords on the Web, which it say are also the most `unsafe' passwords. The list is based on Imperva's analysis of 32 million passwords.

Read on to find out the 10 most easily hacked passwords.


123456, 12345


The study reveals that '123456' is the most commonly used password. Imperva found that nearly 1% of the 32 million people it studied were using "123456" as a password. The second most vulnerable password is 12345.

Amichai Shulman, of internet security firm Imperva, said, "With only minimal effort, a hacker can gain access to one new account every second -- or 1000 accounts every 17 minutes. "Everyone needs to understand what poor passwords mean in today's world of automated cyber attacks.


123456789, password


The next most dangerous password according to the study is again combination of digits -- 123456789.

Security experts at Imperva suggest taking a sentence and transforming it into a non-existent word. For instance "This little piggy went to market" might become "tlpWENT2m".

The fourth most vulnerable password is the word 'Password' itself.

iloveyou, princess.....