{"id":56775,"date":"2023-06-20T16:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T08:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=56775"},"modified":"2023-06-20T16:14:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T08:14:24","slug":"3-in-4-people-at-risk-of-being-hacked-due-to-poor-password-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/06\/20\/3-in-4-people-at-risk-of-being-hacked-due-to-poor-password-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"3 in 4 people at risk of being hacked due to poor password practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keeper Security,\u00a0a renowned industry leader in exceptional password management, secrets management, privileged access, secure remote access, and encrypted messaging, has released the results of its latest study,\u00a0The Keeper Password Management Report: Unifying Perception with Reality.\u00a0<\/em>Assessing the password habits of over 8,000 individuals, the report revealed that 3 in 4 (75%) people globally don\u2019t adhere to\u00a0widely accepted password best practices, with a majority (64%) either using weak passwords or repeat variations of passwords to protect their online accounts. More than a third of people also admitted to feeling overwhelmed when it came to taking action to improve their cybersecurity; an indication that these feelings might be putting people at greater risk of being hacked.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn order to analyse people\u2019s personal cybersecurity hygiene, we asked which animal they would identify with in regard to their cybersecurity behaviours,\u201d said Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-founder of Keeper Security. \u201cWith over one in four people describing themselves either as an ostrich burying their head in the sand, careless as a bull in a china shop or a possum paralysed with fear, the industry clearly still has much work to do to get more people comfortable with cybersecurity and better protected as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Verizon\u2019s annual Data Breach Index Report, up to 80% of successful data breaches are the result of compromised login credentials. However, according to the study, 57% claim they watch their passwords \u2018like a hawk\u2019 or say they\u2019re like a \u2018lion who confidently takes charge.\u2019 Of the former, 40% had no idea whether their passwords had been breached, suggesting a large number of those surveyed are grossly overestimating their cyber-savvy or are wilfully ignoring password hygiene advice. Additionally, only 7% of respondents globally recognised password managers as the best way to achieve personal cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPassword management does not need to be complex, overwhelming or difficult to understand even with a large number of digital accounts to secure,\u201d said Craig Lurey, CTO and Co-founder of Keeper Security. \u201cUsing a password manager is an ideal way for anyone to protect themself. Along with creating and storing strong and unique passwords for all digital accounts, a password manager can offer protection against phishing attacks and malicious links, because it will not fill credentials if the URL doesn\u2019t match what\u2019s in the user\u2019s vault. A password manager can also be paired with dark web monitoring so users can stay abreast of all account information and take action immediately, if credentials are compromised.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other significant statistics in the report include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       30% of people still use simple passwords to protect their digital accounts, while 34% admit to repeating variations of the same password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       39% of respondents are unaware of whether they\u2019ve been breached and 32% do not know whether their passwords are available on the dark web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       64% of respondents are not confident that they are managing their passwords well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       41% of respondents said cybersecurity is too difficult to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       29% of Baby Boomers use strong and unique passwords for every account, compared to only 20% of Gen Z respondents, of which 40% found cybersecurity overwhelming – highest of all the age groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       Men are more confident than women about password security \u2013 39% of men vs 31% of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to view the full report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than a third of people also admitted to feeling overwhelmed when it came to taking action to improve their cybersecurity; an indication that these feelings might be putting people at greater risk of being hacked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":52011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[286,54,2103],"class_list":["post-56775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-white-papers","tag-it-security","tag-security","tag-security-breach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}