{"id":15510,"date":"2021-12-31T13:29:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15510"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:43:31","slug":"time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m sure there are many of you thinking about what New Years resolutions to make (and keep), hopefully it\u2019s a list of positive changes and not just cutting out cake and chocolate (I love cake, that\u2019s definitely not on my list).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This year please add one resolution that\u2019s easy to keep\u2026 change your password<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The internet can be a scary place, but it\u2019s part of our every day life and we\u2019d be lost without it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With so many services available to us, it&#8217;s easy to use the same password everywhere, or simple ones that are easily remembered across different services, but it\u2019s time to make a change, a new years resolution to make it harder for cyber criminals\\malicious actors\\bad people take advantage of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know it\u2019s a nightmare to remember all of our passwords, but if someone manages to guess your password or if it gets on a list of compromised logins available freely or to buy online, it can cause you such a headache. This is such a simple change, one that we all should be doing regularly, so please take a few moments to read these tips and start 2022 as cyber safe as you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Try to use a complex password \u2013 please, please, please don\u2019t use \u201812345\u2019 or \u2018Password1\u2019 for anything! Many criminals will use lists of known passwords like the 2 mentioned above and \u2018spray\u2019 these lists at multiple services seeing who might have used them, it\u2019s the old adage, throw a load of mud and see what sticks. Try using a small random sentence as your password, versus a single word and number, such as \u2018johnnyrodeagiraffetolasvegasinpinksplippers\u2019, you can get quite creative with this approach! That example would take a computer about 6 tredecillion years (long long time) to crack, whereas \u2018password123\u2019 would take less than a month for a computer to crack. Want to see how long the experts think your password will take a computer to crack, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.security.org\/how-secure-is-my-password\/\">https:\/\/www.security.org\/how-secure-is-my-password\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Don\u2019t re-use passwords for more than one site or service \u2013 password re-use can expose many of your accounts; a criminal only has to \u2018hack\u2019 one service provider to gain access to a bunch of other service you have used your password on. If they get access to your email account, they\u2019ve hit gold! They can see all the emails you\u2019ve had from all of your different accounts and if you haven\u2019t used the same password they found to get into your email, they can probably just request a password reset link to your email address. If we can convince you to change one password regularly, make it your email account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t save passwords in a text, word or excel file on your computer \u2013 you don\u2019t leave your keys in the front door overnight, so don\u2019t leave passwords lying around either. If you have many passwords and think it would be difficult to remember them all, (now that they are complex and different for each service\u2026 wink wink nudge nudge), try using a password manager. This is an application you install that requires you to setup 1 strong password and acts as a vault for all your passwords. Do a little research online and you will soon find a few consistently good ones listed in multiple reviews. You may find your mobile phone can do this for you already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Try to use Multi Factor Authentication \/ 2 Factor Authentication \u2013 might sound complex, but the chances are you have seen this working already; try resetting your banking app password and you get sent a 1-time pin or code to a registered email address or number, sound familiar? It\u2019s similar to this process, but you get the additional code every time you sign into the service. As the second code is random between you and the service, makes it harder for the criminals to know that second bit of information, adding additional layers of security to you gaining access to an online service. We have this feature, super simple to set up and we\u2019ve even done a guide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/enabling-two-factor-authentication-for-the-control-panel\/\">https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/enabling-two-factor-authentication-for-the-control-panel\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sure there are many of you thinking about what New Years resolutions to make (and keep), hopefully it\u2019s a list of positive changes and not just cutting out cake&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password! - names.co.uk blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I\u2019m sure there are many of you thinking about what New Years resolutions to make (and keep), hopefully it\u2019s a list of positive changes and not just\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password! - names.co.uk blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019m sure there are many of you thinking about what New Years resolutions to make (and keep), hopefully it\u2019s a list of positive changes and not just\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"names.co.uk blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/namesco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-31T13:29:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-06T15:43:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelly Salter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Namesco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Namesco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kelly Salter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kelly Salter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a184e16c63f5fcdd1588f22c51143903\"},\"headline\":\"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password!\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-31T13:29:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-06T15:43:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/\"},\"wordCount\":728,\"articleSection\":[\"Security\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/\",\"name\":\"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password! - names.co.uk blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-31T13:29:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-06T15:43:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a184e16c63f5fcdd1588f22c51143903\"},\"description\":\"I\u2019m sure there are many of you thinking about what New Years resolutions to make (and keep), hopefully it\u2019s a list of positive changes and not just\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"names.co.uk\",\"item\":\"\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Security\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/category\/security\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"names.co.uk blog\",\"description\":\"Welcome to the names.co.uk blog where we talk about domain names, web hosting, online shops, website builders and lots of other cool web related stuff.  Stick around for offers and competition news too!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a184e16c63f5fcdd1588f22c51143903\",\"name\":\"Kelly Salter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/258ce4e973fa2292c11716d2eccecaf8d2b7c470f573ed846cb6527bc6fb4b8c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/258ce4e973fa2292c11716d2eccecaf8d2b7c470f573ed846cb6527bc6fb4b8c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kelly Salter\"},\"description\":\"Commercial Director UK &amp; IE | Kelly leads the commercial efforts of our UK and Irish brands, guiding them in their goal of making online business success simpler for small businesses and entrepreneurs.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/author\/kelly-salter\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password! - names.co.uk blog","description":"I\u2019m sure there are many of you thinking about what New Years resolutions to make (and keep), hopefully it\u2019s a list of positive changes and not just","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password! - names.co.uk blog","og_description":"I\u2019m sure there are many of you thinking about what New Years resolutions to make (and keep), hopefully it\u2019s a list of positive changes and not just","og_url":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/","og_site_name":"names.co.uk blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/namesco\/","article_published_time":"2021-12-31T13:29:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-06T15:43:31+00:00","author":"Kelly Salter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Namesco","twitter_site":"@Namesco","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kelly Salter","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/"},"author":{"name":"Kelly Salter","@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a184e16c63f5fcdd1588f22c51143903"},"headline":"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password!","datePublished":"2021-12-31T13:29:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-06T15:43:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/"},"wordCount":728,"articleSection":["Security"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/","url":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/","name":"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password! - names.co.uk blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-12-31T13:29:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-06T15:43:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a184e16c63f5fcdd1588f22c51143903"},"description":"I\u2019m sure there are many of you thinking about what New Years resolutions to make (and keep), hopefully it\u2019s a list of positive changes and not just","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/time-for-a-different-new-years-resolution-new-year-new-password\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"names.co.uk","item":"\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Security","item":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/category\/security\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Time for a different New Year\u2019s Resolution \u2013 New Year = New Password!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"names.co.uk blog","description":"Welcome to the names.co.uk blog where we talk about domain names, web hosting, online shops, website builders and lots of other cool web related stuff.  Stick around for offers and competition news too!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a184e16c63f5fcdd1588f22c51143903","name":"Kelly Salter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/258ce4e973fa2292c11716d2eccecaf8d2b7c470f573ed846cb6527bc6fb4b8c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/258ce4e973fa2292c11716d2eccecaf8d2b7c470f573ed846cb6527bc6fb4b8c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kelly Salter"},"description":"Commercial Director UK &amp; IE | Kelly leads the commercial efforts of our UK and Irish brands, guiding them in their goal of making online business success simpler for small businesses and entrepreneurs.","url":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/author\/kelly-salter\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15513,"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15510\/revisions\/15513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}