Did you know there is a day called World Password Day?
I didn’t but now that Charlie is using my computer more for school I can’t wait to Get Avira Password Manager Pro Free for 6 Months.
In recognition of World Password Day on May 7 and an increased amount of cybercrime, Avira offers its best password protection product 100% free
+ No credit card or cancellation required just visit the site and enter your email
+ Automatically generate highly secure passwords, receive hack alerts and more
+ The most common weak password is actually leaving the field blank, according to Avira research
MUNICH, May 6, 2020 – In honor of World Password Day on May 7 and with a rise of COVID-19 related online scams,Avira, Germany’s leading cybersecurity company, is offering 6 months of it’s Password Manager Pro product for free to anyone. Avira Password Manager Pro:
- Automatically logs you into your online accounts
- Generates strong, unique passwords and securely stores them
- Checks for weak or reused passwords
- Notifies you if an online account has been hacked
For extra protection in honor of World Password Day, people only need to visit the Avira website page and enter their email. There’s no credit card or cancellation required.
The Most Common Bad Password is – No Password at All?
In 2019, Avira set out to find the world’s worst password and found one even more insecure than “admin” or “12345”. Based on research, the most common bad password is actually no password at all.
To test this, Avira set up a honeypot – a decoy device, computer or network set up to lure in hackers. An established element in cyber-defense strategies, honeypots enable researchers to attract and engage hackers while uncovering their newest techniques and preferred targets.
“The most commonly used credential is blank, which means that the attackers just enter an empty username and password,” says Avira threat analyst Hamidreza Ebtehaj. “This is even more common than admin.”
Credentials in this case are a two-part combination of the username and the password which hackers enter into Avira’s smart device honeypot while attacking it. Attacks with blank or empty credential slots made up 25.6% of the total, vastly outnumbering the other top credential combinations such as “admin” and “support”
About Avira
Avira provides a consumer-focused portfolio of security and privacy solutions for Windows and Mac computers, Android and iOS smartphones, home networks, and smart devices (IoT). All Avira features are available as licensed SDKs and APIs. Working together, Avira and its partners protect more than 500 million devices globally. Avira solutions consistently achieve best-in-class results from independent security tests.
Avira is a privately held company headquartered near Lake Constance, Germany, with additional offices in the EU, the United States, and Asia. For more information about Avira visit www.avira.com.
