SJSmith@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoLinux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen wormarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down169
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkLinux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen wormarstechnica.comSJSmith@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareflyoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·11 months agoNot particularly security savvy, but : The infected devices then attempt to crack the telnet password by guessing default and commonly used credential pairs. My understanding is that the worm is targetting connected devices with supidly simple credentials, which is why “Internet-of-Things” is mentioned?
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoLooking at sites like insecam.org, the amount of devices still sett to admin/admin is frighteningly high
Not particularly security savvy, but :
My understanding is that the worm is targetting connected devices with supidly simple credentials, which is why “Internet-of-Things” is mentioned?
Looking at sites like insecam.org, the amount of devices still sett to admin/admin is frighteningly high