The top 10 most hackable passwords you should NEVER use

Hackers are getting more sophisticated and it's not just big businesses they are trying to hit.

And it seems many people aren't protecting themselves, using passwords that are simple to hack.

The list of frequently used passwords shows that many people continue to put themselves at risk by using weak, easily guessable passwords.

Incredibly, some of the passwords in the top 10 include qwerty, abc123, 111111, and admin.

So, if your password is 'password' you might want to change it NOW.

Here's the top 10 worst passwords:

1. 123456

2. password

3. qwerty

4. abc123

5. 111111

6. trustno1

7. 123123

8. admin

9. monkey

10. password1

The advice on picking passwords is simple and here's some top tips:

• Don’t just use one password change it for different accounts and services.

• Create passwords that are easy to remember but hard for others to guess.

• Make the password at least 8 characters long.

• Include numbers, capital letters and symbols (for example don't use monkey but MonkeY-10.

• And finally never give out your password to anyone.

(dailystar.co.uk)