In a study performed by the site, they found that 91% of people use a password that is found in the top 1000 most common passwords. You should also check other lists to ensure your password does not appear on them, such as the 10,000 most common password list. Obviously, you don’t want to use a password that is on this list. When you look at the top 25 worst passwords of 2012, you may be surprised to find that even in this day of more advanced technological information available to users that “password” is still the most commonly used password. Stronger passwords mean stronger cloud security
This makes it more important than ever for users that store data in the cloud to implement and maintain strict security and authentication measures. The Evernote hack was just one in a slew of recent incidents that have included Dropbox, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook. When Evernote was recently hacked the company forced 50 million users to reset their passwords. Cloud security is currently one of the hottest topics and one that many people and companies are concerned about.
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