---
id: 8222
title: "NetSPI's Top Cracked Passwords for 2014"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/netspis-top-cracked-passwords-for-2014/"
published_at: "2015-03-02T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["windows", "ntlm", "password-cracking", "statistics", "password-policy", "lm-hash"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8222"
lang: en
---

# NetSPI's Top Cracked Passwords for 2014

## Summary

NetSPI reviews its 2014 cracking stats: of 90,977 collected Windows domain hashes, 85.52% cracked, with seasonal patterns like Spring2014, Password1, and company-name variants dominating the hits.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2015-03-02T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/netspis-top-cracked-passwords-for-2014/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8222