"Samsung" becomes one of the most commonly used passwords in 2021: can be cracked in 7 seconds
CTOnews.com, November 21 (Xinhua) A recent study conducted by password management solutions company Nordpass determined that "Samsung", or "samsung", is one of the most commonly used passwords in at least 30 countries. This threatens the security of millions of users around the world.
Using the names of favorite smartphone / TV / home appliance brands, such as "Samsung", is not the worst threat, but this trend has become more and more popular over the past few years. The "samsung" password ranked 198 in 2019, but it is also rising, ranking 189th in 2020, 78th in 2021, and breaking the top 100 last year.
The most frequently used password is "password", which is said to have been selected by nearly 5 million users. Other frequently used passwords are "123456", "123456789" and "guest". As for "samsung", it turns out that it is not the only brand-based password adopted by countless users on the Internet. Other brands, such as Tiffany,Nike and Adidas, are also popular. Some car enthusiasts were found using passwords such as "kia" and "mini".
Whether people use uppercase "Samsung" or lowercase "samsung" as passwords, it doesn't seem to make much difference to security. According to a recent report, a simple and predictable password can be decrypted in less than a second. Combining lowercase and uppercase letters with numbers can also produce different results. A seven-digit password that combines all these elements can take about seven seconds to crack, while an eight-digit password takes about seven minutes.
CTOnews.com learned that the research company found that because they were short and made up of only numbers or letters, without any uppercase letters, most commonly used passwords could be cracked in less than a second.
When creating a new account, neither a member account nor any other account should use "Samsung" or "samsung" as the password, which would be a wise idea because it is the easiest to predict and crack.
