Top tips for making strong and secure passwords

As i posted yesterday that 2 million Facebook, Google, Yahoo and other accounts have been compromised and circulated online. It is important to protect any Google, Facebook, or other accounts from being stolen by using good password security. A strong password is your first line of defense against intruders and imposters. Some services including Twitter have responded by disabling the affected passwords. But there are several things you can do to minimize further threats even if your account isn't among the 2 million that were compromised. Here are some tips to help you secure your online accounts:

Never give your password to any other person :- Normally we give our password to best friends and people those are really near our heart. A friend can – accidentally, we hope – pass your password along to others or even become an ex-friend and abuse it.

Use Different Passwords for Accounts :- It may be easier to remember the same password for accounts, but this is not going to keep accounts safe. Once a hacker has the information for one place, he is going to try it everywhere else. This could go further than social media accounts being hacked and spam messages sent to friends. It could lead to bank accounts being tampered with and confidential information stolen. Make it a habit to use different passwords for all online accounts. If hackers get into email accounts, they have access to many others online accounts. They just have to click the “forgotten password” link and they can change it to anything they want; locking the real owners out.

Create difficult passwords that is not easy to guess for others :- There are several ways that you can protect your account by using a complicated password. Use passwords that are at least 8 characters long. Using a mixture of capital and lowercase letters and symbols and numbers can also help make your password safer. You can also use simple words and rearrange letters in it so the spelling is not easily guessed. Be sure to use numbers that are irrelevant and that can not be looked up like your birthday or zip code. A password does not contain your user name, real name, or company name.

Use Passphrases :- A passphrase is a short sentence that’s easy for you to remember – that describes something about you and your life, for example - but that a hacker would have a very hard time knowing or guessing. For example, the phrase could be something like “I graduated from Notre Dame University on June 1st 2002.”  Pick the first letter from every word in that phrase, making sure you include the upper and lower case, and keep all the numbers. That would give you the following password: “IgfNDUoJ1st2002” That’s a massive 15 characters and includes upper and lower case letters and numbers. Change the “I” to the symbol “!” and now you’ve made it even harder to crack.

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Change Passwords on a Regular Basis :- Nobody should keep the same password for a long period of time. Eventually, it becomes easier to guess because hackers have the time to run all the possibilities. Most companies recommend changing the password every three months. Avoid opting for a cycle on passwords, which still makes it easier for someone to guess the password. Good password security is essential to protect Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and other accounts and avoid them being stolen. It can lead to more issues than a few spam messages. Email accounts, especially, are connected to many other accounts, which could lead to issues with loss of information and money.