One password for all your online accounts? It is still common – Interia

Test awareness of cyber threats, conducted by Kaspersky Lab, showed that many people still do not show sufficient caution when it comes to their passwords. Only 38 per cent. user creates a strong new passwords for each account, while one in seven (14 percent.) has only one password for all accounts. These users run the risk that in case of data leakage will be compromised some of their accounts at the same time.

Passwords and logins are a favorite target of cybercriminals

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The level of risk is not significantly lower for those who use only a few passwords for more accounts (36 percent.), And those who use different variations the same password scheme (12 percent.). The situation is further complicated by the fact that according to a survey of Kaspersky Lab’s one in 10 users invents a password of less than eight characters, while 12 per cent. not trying to make their passwords are harder to guess by using eg. uppercase letters, a combination of numbers and letters, punctuation marks, and other similar tricks.

The survey also revealed that customers are putting their security by storing passwords in easily accessible locations or unsecured. More than half (57 percent.) Of respondents admitted that she wrote down their passwords on a piece of paper, on the phone, in text files on your computer or browser. And when the browser will offer to save your login and password, one-third (36 percent). Agrees to it, thus facilitating the life of criminals or dishonest people who can take over their device.

This carelessness in relation to the number of passwords users explains that it does not store any sensitive information on their computers. This belief feeds 27 percent. of the respondents, not realizing that the passwords and logins are a favorite target of cybercriminals.

“Unfortunately, many people do not realize the full extent of the scale of Internet threats and does not take seriously enough to protect your personal data online, greatly increasing the risk of loss “- explains David Emm, principal investigator for. IT security, Kaspersky Lab. “Strong passwords, different for each account, an essential element of the protection of digital identities, so it’s worth your while to prepare its own mechanism to generate passwords that can not be easily broken, but you can easily remember. There are also special programs that make it easy to create and store passwords. “