What are the Examples of Strong Passwords ?

This guide will explain you the difference between a strong password & a weak password with the tips and examples to strengthen a password.  

What are the Examples of Weak Passwords?

A password that is easily recognized by both humans and computers. People often use obvious passwords like their children's names or home number to remember them. However, the simpler the password, the easier it will be to recognize it. Passwords that contain personal information, such as date of birth or address, are also easy targets for hackers.

With a smart algorithm and dictionary, it is surprisingly easy for hackers to guess passwords. Hackers and computer intruders use automated software to send hundreds of guesses per minute to user accounts in an attempt to gain access. These tools use lists of words from the dictionary to guess the password one by one. Some tools add symbols, numbers, or generic characters that can be added to the password to make it more complicated.

Dictionary hacking tools using English dictionary list easily find words in this dictionary. When an easy word doesn’t grant access to an account, the device changes the submission and tries other iterations of that word.

For example, a dictionary hack tool would try these repetitions of the word dog:

Dog, Dogs, Dogcatcher, Dogcatchers, Dogberry, Dogberries, Dogma, Dogmatic, Dogmatized, Dog1, Dog2, Dog3, Dog4, etc.

Password guessing tools transmit 100s or 1000s of words per minute. When your password is similar to a dictionary word that is unbelievable insecure. However, if your password doesn't look like a normal word pattern, it will take longer for the repeater to guess it.

How will You Make Your Password More Secure?

Create a strong password to protect your accounts that’s hard to guess & store it in a password manager so you don’t forget it. When a password is more secure, it is more resistant to guessing, so it is less likely to be found in a brute force dictionary.

To create a strong password, first create a simple password and convert it to a complex one.

The following table shows examples of a simple password that becomes progressively more complex. The first column lists simple words that are easy to remember and can be found in the dictionary. The second column is a modification of the first column. The last column shows how the simple password becomes a more difficult one to guess.

Weak Password	Better Password	Strong Password
pretty	1Pretty	1Pre77y
komal	Komal23	.Komal23
starfish	Star44fish	Star44fi$h
smellycat	sm3llycat	$m3llycat
allblacks	a11Blacks	a11Black$
fisher	!fisher	!fish3r
ebay44	ebay.44	&ebay.44
deltagamma	deltagamm@	d3ltagamm@
ilovemyguitar	!LoveMyGuitar	!Lov3MyGuitar
Sterling	SterlingGmail2015	SterlingGmail20.15
BankLogin	BankLogin13	BankLogin!3

More examples of password variations that intentionally avoid using full English word patterns:

• Cat.lov3r
  
  
• cAT.lov3r
  
  
• i7ovemycat!!
  
  
• c@tsaremybestfr13nds
  
  
• sn00pacttyc@T
  
  
• Krish@beatsCatm@
  
  
• Dogs-and-C@ts-Living-together

These passwords made up of special characters and numbers take exponentially longer for a dictionary program to guess.