Google in conjunction with the University of California at Berkeley conducted a study on how to capture hackers control over user accounts.

The results showed that cybercriminals receive about 250 thousand. active logins and passwords from Google accounts.

During the 12-month study of "black markets" researchers found more than 788 thousand. logins and passwords stolen using keyloggers; 12 million - captured with the help of phishing and 1.9 billion - obtained as a result of hacking systems companies.

The most useful information for hackers is provided by keyloggers and phishing attacks, since they include valid passwords in 12-25% of attacks.

For users, the greatest risk is borne by phishing attacks, as they help hackers capture about 234 thousand. logins and passwords every week. For comparison, keyloggers allow to receive about 15 thousand. registration data.

Hackers also seek to obtain information such as the user's IP, the device they use and their location to bypass the security validation systems. However, it is much more difficult to do this.

Popular passwords found during data leaks:.

-123456.

-password.

-123456789.

-abc123.

-password1.

-111111.

-qwerty.

-12345678.

-1234567.

Google plans to use the results of the study in order to improve the detection and blocking of attempts to capture accounts. At the same time, researchers acknowledge that the problem of hacking accounts is multifactorial and it requires actions in several areas.

The report also notes that only 3.1% of users affected by the hacking of the account began to use additional security measures, such as two-factor authentication. Therefore, informing people about how to strengthen the protection of their accounts should be the main task, believe in Google.