Creating an unforgettable password

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This is your World Password Day reminder about how to create strong passwords and remember them.
 
The flow of new information we’re bombarded with never ebbs. In 2025, you get less and less room in your head for things like the password for the email account you set up back in 2020 to sign your mom up for that online marketplace. On World Password Day, which falls on May 1 this year, we suggest putting in a little effort to combat poor memory, weak passwords, and cybercrooks.
 
As our experts have repeatedly proven, it’s only a matter of time — and money — before someone targeting your password cracks it. Often, it takes very little time and money, too. Our mission is to complicate cracking your password as much as possible, so hackers lose any desire to go after your data.
 
Our study last year found that intelligent algorithms — whether running on a powerful graphics card like the RTX 4090 or on inexpensive leased cloud hardware — can crack 59% of all passwords in the world in under an hour. We’re in the middle of that study’s phase two, and we’re about to share whether the situation has changed for the better over the year, so subscribe to our blog or Telegram channel to be among the first to know.
 
Today’s conversation covers more than just the most secure authentication methods and ways to make strong passwords. We’ll discuss techniques for remembering passwords, and answer the question of why using a password manager in 2025 is a really good idea.
 
The flow of new information we’re bombarded with never ebbs. In 2025, you get less and less room in your head for things like the password for the email account you set up back in 2020 to sign your mom up for that online marketplace. On World Password Day, which falls on May 1 this year, we suggest putting in a little effort to combat poor memory, weak passwords, and cybercrooks.
 
As our experts have repeatedly proven, it’s only a matter of time — and money — before someone targeting your password cracks it. Often, it takes very little time and money, too. Our mission is to complicate cracking your password as much as possible, so hackers lose any desire to go after your data.
 
Our study last year found that intelligent algorithms — whether running on a powerful graphics card like the RTX 4090 or on inexpensive leased cloud hardware — can crack 59% of all passwords in the world in under an hour. We’re in the middle of that study’s phase two, and we’re about to share whether the situation has changed for the better over the year, so subscribe to our blog or Telegram channel to be among the first to know.
 
Today’s conversation covers more than just the most secure authentication methods and ways to make strong passwords. We’ll discuss techniques for remembering passwords, and answer the question of why using a password manager in 2025 is a really good idea.

How to sign in more securely in 2025

There are several options for signing in to online services and websites today:

• The traditional login-and-password combination
  
• Logging in with a third-party service like Google, Facebook, Apple, etc.
  
• Two-factor authentication using one of the following methods for verification:
  • SMS one-time code
    
  • Authenticator app like Kaspersky Password Manager, Google Authenticator, or Microsoft Authenticator
    
  • Hardware key like Flipper, YubiKey, or a USB token
    
• Passkeys and biometric authentication
  

Naturally, any of these methods can be compromised (for example, by leaving your hardware token sticking out of the USB port of an unattended computer in a public place), or toughened up (for example, by creating a complex password of more than 20 random characters). And so, as the era of traditional passwords isn’t over just yet, let’s try to figure out how we can improve our current standing by coming up with and memorizing an easy-to-remember password.

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