Experts from consulting firm WP engine analysed 10 million passwords . Like previous research , they revealed the top ten most used passwords . They also listed top names , superheroes and verbs used in login details . From this they noticed many use the same seemingly complex passwords . And this is because these words follow set patterns on a keyboard . Patterns are known as ' password walks ' and make passwords easy to hack . Study also showed women have better passwords , on average , than men . And people born in the 1980s are most likely to use the word ' love '
Experts from hosting firm WP engine analysed 10 million passwords . Like previous research , they revealed the top 50 most used passwords . They also listed top colours , superheroes and verbs used in login details . From this they noticed many use the same seemingly complex passwords . And this is because these words follow set patterns on a keyboard . Patterns are known as 'keyboard walks ' and make passwords easy to hack . Study also found women have better passwords , on average , than men . And people born in the 1980s are most likely to use the word 'love '