February 1st is the tech world's Change Your Password Day. Just a friendly reminder that violation of your personal and business web sites and accounts are more and more vulnerable that every before. Using brute force, computer generated algorithmic character strings, etc., computer techs are causing havoc. Check this - the 25 most common passwords in 2011 are: password, 123456, 12345678, qwerty, abc123, monkey, 1234567, letmein, trustno1, dragon, baseball, 111111, iloveyou, master, sunshine, ashley, bailey, passw0rd, shadow, 123123, 654321, superman, qazwsx, michael, Football ... so if you use any of these, you have a high probability of being 'HACKED'.
Do you use any of these to log on to your email, online bank account, online store or any general information site? DON'T !. So what is the solution? Here are suggestions you can use (maybe set this month as a goal to validate and strengthen EVERY password you use:
1) use a Password Manager like free LastPass
2) create unique passwords for each site you use by using the last 4 letters of your street address and first 4 characters of the web site you are accessing
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