25 'worst passwords' to use

In today's digital age, almost everyone has an online presence and with that comes the inevitable struggle for a good password to protect that data. This week saw the celebration of "World Password Day" in an attempt to promote better password making habits around the world.

A good password always has a combination of letters, numbers and characters along with capitalization to make hacking more difficult. Basically most hacking programs use algorithms that look for a simple pattern which is the biggest mistake people make. The second mistake is reusing one password for almost all their other accounts. Then there is always that easily guessable password which a good friend can figure out. This is why a good password can prevent your social media/email/banking accounts from being hacked.

Almost all experts agree that these easy passwords are the worst crimes one can commit against oneself when it comes to cyber security.

In the spirit of "World Password Day", here is a list of passwords you should stop using right away based on SplashData'a annual list of 'Worst Passwords', which was compiled from over 2 million passwords that was leaked last year.

1. 123456: This is 2016 folks, why do you think this still a good idea?

2. Password: Trust yourself; you can be little bit more creative than this.

3. *12345678: Adding a "*" before the most basic password does not make it any better.

4. Qwerty: Using a password after the name of a keyboard is not a very good idea.

5. 12345: This is just the height of lazy.

6. 123456789: This just lazy thinking its smart.

7. Football: Even soccer is a better idea.

8. 1234: Maybe drop an 8, or a "?" somewhere there?

9. 1234567: No.

10. Baseball: RedSox sucks is better than this.

11. Welcome: That's what your hacker is saying right now.

12. 1234567890: Just no.

13. abc123: Next time try a xyz890

14. 111111: A little bit more, just a pinch more effort will save you a world of trouble.

15. 1qaz2wsx: This is just a vertical visual keyboard aide, at least try the middle of the keyboard if you're going to do this.

16. Dragon: Dragons are infinity cool but not as your password.

17. Master: Be the master of your own cyber security and avoid using this.

18. Monkey: How about a marsupial or a reptile with numbers!

19. Letmein: This is German, meaning "Let me in" the hackers are basically saying the same thing too.

20. Login: Why do this to yourself?

21. Princess: And a Leia, Aurora, Cinderalla after maybe?

22. Qwertyuiop: Again this is just a horizontal visual aide, you know you can do better.

23. Solo: We understand the misery of singlehood.

24. passw0rd: Clever, very clever, but the hackers are cleverer than you.

25. Starwars: Piss off the starwars nerds who are trying to hack your account by having "startrek" instead!