1. Being SmartAbout Passwords

2. You have no doubt heard that some Russian hacker brokeinto the LinkedIn computermainframe and stole more than 6.5 million passwords. www.entremt.com 3. If you were a member of LinkedIn,you probably raced online tochange your password, not eventaking the time to figure outwhether or not you were one of theaccounts affected by this breach.www.entremt.com 4. This anonymous hacker once againreminded the world that there is nosuch thing as a totally securewebsite, and that any bit of infothat you have online is susceptibleto the world of hacking. www.entremt.com 5. Another thing that thissituation reminding us of isjust how bad a lot of thepasswords are out there.www.entremt.com 6. When looking at the list ofpasswords that were taken from the LinkedIn site, it isquickly noticeable thatpeople are not being smartwith what they pick.www.entremt.com 7. Most sites remind you severaltimes that you need to pick apassword that is strong and noteasily guessed by those whohave even basic knowledgeabout you.www.entremt.com 8. If you arent taking some timeto really think of a passwordthat isnt easily decipherable,you are really playing with fire,especially in this day and ageof easy hacking.www.entremt.com 9. It is surprising that here in 2012,people are still using successivenumber codes as passwords, but as the LinkedIn hacking taught us, that bad habit is stillalive and well. www.entremt.com 10. For those who think that 1234,12345, 123456, or 1234567 aregreat passwords, you arent justplaying with fire, you are asking forhackers to take your information.www.entremt.com 11. The classic "12345" try is the firsttrick that a hacker is going to try to get into your sight because, well, there are people who are still going to do it. www.entremt.com 12. If you really want to do awhole number code, pick something that is completely random.www.entremt.com 13. Choosing your birthday, your address or even your old phonenumber are number combinations are among the worst passwordsyou can choose.www.entremt.com 14. Trialing close being the successivenumber passwords are those whouse a single world as theirpassword. Among the hackedpasswords were a large amount ofthose that are made up of threeletter words. www.entremt.com 15. Not only is using "job","god", or "the" as yourpassword a terrible idea, itis also incredibly lazy.www.entremt.com 16. If you are using a threeletter word, you might aswell leave your profilepublic and just haveanyone have access to it. www.entremt.com 17. This also goes for thosebrilliant folks who want touse specific four letterwords as their passwords. www.entremt.com 18. You might feel like a rebel forusing the F-word as yourpassword, but the truth is that itis something that hackers aregoing to pick up rather easily.www.entremt.com 19. Of course, using a full word that is morethan three or four letters isnt anysmarter. Among the "brilliant"passwords found on LinkedIn were"princess", "connect", "dragon","soccer", "michael" and "jordan". www.entremt.com 20. While these passwordsare easy to remember,they also dont do youmuch good. www.entremt.com 21. Hackers are able tofigure out full wordsmuch easier than youcould imagine. www.entremt.com 22. If you are looking to use fullwords for your password,you are always better offusing at least foursuccessive words in a row.www.entremt.com 23. While you can make theminto a short sentence, thelast thing you dont want tomake it too obvious.www.entremt.com 24. "ILoveYouFrank" will always be more easilyhacked than"BaconRosePittsburghLincoln".www.entremt.com 25. With that said, the bestpasswords are always going to be randomcombinations of lettersand numbers.www.entremt.com 26. If you can remember something like "gy316dheg387a536" thenyou should always go with it.www.entremt.com