Worst Passwords List Revealed: Is Your Password Safe?

Internet security SplashData released their annual list of the 25 most common passwords used on the internet, announcing the worst password ever: "password" has now been replaced by another worst password ever: "1234565."

Last year, "password" held the number one slot on the list, but the numbers one through six bumped it off this year.

The list is aggregated with passwords from Adobe users which were posted online by the security consulting firm Stricture Consulting Group, according to SplashData. The group posted the passwords online after Adobe's public security breach.

"Seeing passwords like 'adobe123' and 'photoshop' on this list offers a good reminder not to base your password on the name of the website or application you are accessing," Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData said in the statement.

According to SplashData, users put themselves at risk when they choose low-security passwords that can be easily guessed. Among those passwords are "iloveyou" or "111111" and even "abc123."

"Another interesting aspect of this year's list is that more short numerical passwords showed up even though websites are starting to enforce stronger password policies," Slain said in the statement.

Numerical passwords new to this years list of worst passwords were "1234" which were placed at number 16 on the list, and "000000" which was number 25.

The Internet secuity company says they continue to release the list every year in hopes users will become more aware of password security when choosing their next password.

"As always, we hope that with more publicity about how risky it is to use weak passwords, more people will start taking simple steps to protect themselves by using stronger passwords and using different passwords for different websites," the statement on their website said.

Along with the list of worst passwords of the year, SplashData also released a list of tips to help users make their passwords more secure.

The company suggests users choose "passwords of eight characters or more with mixed types of characters," adding that even substitutions like "dr4mat1c" can be easy for hackers to decode, but they warn combinations like "j%7K&yPx$" will most likely be forgotten by the user, causing them to change their password again.

The company also warns against using the same password for email, social networking, or financial service site and recommend users to choose "different passwords for each new website or service you sign up for."

Below is the list from most common to least common passwords of 2013:

1. 123456 - Up 1

2. password - Down 1

3. 12345678 - Unchanged

4. qwerty - Up 1

5. abc123 - Down 1

6. 123456789 - New

7. 111111 - Up 2

8. 1234567 - Up 5

9. iloveyou - Up 2

10. adobe123 - New

11. 123123 - Up 5