BlackBerry 10 might be very, very late, but when it arrives the OS will contain a small password security feature that reinforces its claim to be the most secure mobile platform.
As the LinkedIn breach showed, password crackers can make light work of weak passwords, even if they're protected, so RIM will do its bit to prevent the worst from entering its new BlackBerry 10 OS.
The 106 word blacklist, discovered by BlackBerry enthusiasts, RapidBerry, contains obviously bad choices like “123456”, “abc123”, “playbook”, “f**kme” and “f**kyou”, but also a host of other less obvious ones, typically derived from North American culture.
For example, the whole cast of “Pooh Bear” is banned -- “tigger”, “eeyore” and “piglet” -- as well as popular sports like “hockey” and “football”.
The forbidden password list is synced with the PasswordService.properties file from the BlackBerry IdM server, according to RapidBerry.
The password list is different to the worst uncovered from LinkedIn’s breach, but RIM’s 106 fall well short of the 370 Twitter banned in 2010, many of which appear in RIM’s list too.
However, RIM should be able to add to the list over time, according to Berry Review, which noted a similar feature in BlackBerry Enterprise Server has been available for enterprise for some time.
1=123456
2=12345678
3=123abc
4=a1b2c3
5=aaaaaa
6=abc123
7=abc123
8=abcdef
9=amanda
10=andrew
11=angel
12=asdfgh
13=august
14=avalon
15=bandit
16=barney
17=baseball
18=batman
19=biteme
20=brandy
21=buster
22=butthead
23=calvin
24=canada
25=changeme
26=chelsea
27=coffee
28=computer
29=cowboy
30=diamond
31=donald
32=dorothy
33=dragon
34=eeyore
35=falcon
36=fishing
37=football
38=freedom
39=fuckme
40=fuckyou
41=gandalf
42=george
43=harley
44=hello
45=helpme
46=hockey
47=iloveyou
48=internet
49=jennifer
50=jonathan
51=jordan
52=letmein
53=maggie
54=marina
55=master
56=matthew
57=merlin
58=michael
59=michelle
60=mickey
61=mike
62=miller
63=molson
64=Monday
65=monday
66=monkey
67=mustang
68=natasha
69=ncc1701
70=newpass
71=newyork
72=pamela
73=password
74=patrick
75=pepper
76=piglet
77=poohbear
78=pookie
79=princess
80=qwerty
81=rabbit
82=rachel
83=ranger
84=rocket
85=secret
86=service
87=shadow
88=snoopy
89=soccer
90=sparky
91=spring
92=steven
93=success
94=summer
95=sunshine
96=thomas
97=tigger
98=trustno1
99=victoria
100=whatever
101=wizard
102=zapata
103=blackberry
104=blackberryid
105=bbidentity
106=playbook
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