The most common way for a hacker to gain control of otherwise secure systems and programs once inside your network is when default passwords are left in place. A blank password, a password of " password " or username and password of master and master are really asking for trouble. Using the last four digits of your phone number or the year of your wedding are not much better. A real password consists of letters that don't form words that are found in a dictionary mixed with numbers. My favorite method is to use nonsense words and numbers that are easy for me to remember but meet the above criteria.

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