If you want to protect yourself from hackers, a strong password is a good first step.
So, which ones should you absolutely avoid?
SplashDatarecently announced its annual Worst Passwords List for 2015. Now by worst—they mean the most commonly used.
The number one worst password on the list has held its top spot from 2014: 123456.
Here are the passwords to avoid:
| Rank | Password | Change from 2014 |
| 1 | 123456 | Unchanged |
| 2 | password | Unchanged |
| 3 | 12345678 | Up 1 |
| 4 | qwerty | Up 1 |
| 5 | 12345 | Down 2 |
| 6 | 123456789 | Unchanged |
| 7 | football | Up 3 |
| 8 | 1234 | Down 1 |
| 9 | 1234567 | Up 2 |
| 10 | baseball | Down 2 |
| 11 | welcome | New |
| 12 | 1234567890 | New |
| 13 | abc123 | Up 1 |
| 14 | 111111 | Up 1 |
| 15 | 1qaz2wsx | New |
| 16 | dragon | Down 7 |
| 17 | master | Up 2 |
| 18 | monkey | Down 6 |
| 19 | letmein | Down 6 |
| 20 | login | New |
| 21 | princess | New |
| 22 | qwertyuiop | New |
| 23 | solo | New |
| 24 | passw0rd | New |
| 25 | starwars | New |
