SJSmith@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareflyoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year 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-up16·1 year 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