Stop using your name as your online password, George

The Georges of the world need to stop using their names for their online passwords In honor of World Password Day this week, cybersecurity firm ID Agent analyzed password data it collected from sites not accessible through your everyday web browser, otherwise known as the dark web. The company looked through 2 billion passwords being shared on these illicit areas of the internet, according to an email from an ID Agent spokesperson, and it found some interesting commonalities among the login credentials that were stolen. Among the list of offenders, using your first name as a password is perhaps the most easily crackable choice. Even if you use it for an anonymous account, one small slip on your end and a hacker could trace that account to one that does use your name, like a public social media profile. Read more...More about Cybersecurity, Hackers, Passwords, Dark Web, and Tech