Your Dog’s Name Is Not a Password

If your Wi-Fi password is still “Fluffy123” — congratulations, you’ve already been owned.

Attackers don’t need AI super-powers to crack weak creds. They just need you, your dog’s Instagram account, and about 2 seconds.

Some fun facts to ruin your day:

• “123456” is still the #1 password worldwide. (Seriously, people?)
• Password reuse is basically handing every hacker a universal keycard.
• Password managers exist, but somehow Karen in accounting still thinks “Fall2023!” is unbreakable because of the exclamation point.

Pro tip: Stop pretending you’re smarter than a password cracker. Use a password manager. Turn on MFA. And if your password shows up on Have I Been Pwned? — change it before someone else logs in as you.

Bottom line: The only thing worse than losing your Netflix account is losing your entire company domain because “Fluffy123” made the cut.

💡 Next up: I’ll be ranking password managers and showing which ones are worth paying for (hint: not the free one bundled with your browser).