Password List =link= Download Best Word List - Most Common Passwords Today

https://github.com/brannondorsey/naive-hashcat/releases/download/data/rockyou.txt

sudo gunzip /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt.gz sudo wc -l /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt # Output: ~14 million lines

curl -s "https://api.pwnedpasswords.com/range/HASH" | grep "SUFFIX" https://github

Collections like Have I Been Pwned and CrackStation contain billions of real-world leaked credentials.

Analysis: Notice a pattern? Lowercase letters only, no special characters, and fewer than 10 digits. These represent 99% of all breaches. These represent 99% of all breaches

(most common only): https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/blob/master/Passwords/Common-Credentials/10-million-password-list-top-1000000.txt

SecLists is not just a password list; it is a collection of multiple types of security lists used by penetration testers. It includes user names, passwords, fuzzing payloads, and web shells. It is actively maintained and hosted on GitHub. It is actively maintained and hosted on GitHub

(like /usr/share/dict/words ). Real common passwords are password1 , Summer2023! , not abacus .

Combine a top 1M list with a base word list + rules (e.g., best64.rule ). But start with the top 10k – that catches >70% of weak passwords.

| Rank | Password (2023-2024 breach analysis) | |------|----------------------------------------| | 1 | 123456 | | 2 | password | | 3 | 123456789 | | 4 | 12345 | | 5 | 12345678 | | 6 | qwerty | | 7 | 1234567 | | 8 | 1234567890 | | 9 | 111111 | | 10 | 123123 |