1) Don’t choose one obviously associated with you
Hackers can find out a lot about you from social media so if they are targeting you specifically and you choose, say, your pet’s name you’re in trouble.
2) Choose words that don’t appear in a dictionary
Hackers can pre-calculate the encrypted forms of whole dictionaries and easily reverse engineer your password. Use a two word phrase such ‘ComputerEngineer’
3) Use a mixture of unusual characters
You can use a word or phrase that you can easily remember but where characters are substituted, eg, C@nturbury1
4) Have different passwords for different sites and systems
If hackers compromise one system you do not want them having the key to unlock all your other accounts.
5) Keep them safe
With multiple passwords it is tempting to write them down and carry them around with you. Better to use some form of secure password vault on your phone.
Source: The University of Surrey’s Prof Alan Woodward and http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26954540
That was a good post and explains it well my passwords normally look like this “&D%Loui6*” and I can tell you now MOST people use far to simple passwords thinking that someone will never guess it! however it is computers trying to pick them not people!
I run many sites and some of them will let me see the password that people have used to sign up and you can normally see that it is also there password for everything and/or there email account and once you have that you can reset the passwords you can not get if you felt the need!
Another good tip is dont use your real birthday!