Weak & default passwords are the biggest threats to IoT devices

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Weak & default passwords are the biggest threats to IoT devices

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itbrew wrote:Default login credentials—usernames like “admin” and “root,” and identical or easy-to-guess passwords like “password”—remain the method of choice for hackers to spread IoT botnets, according to recently released research by Nozomi Networks. What’s more, industrial control systems (ICS) widely used in critical infrastructure continue to be riddled with vulnerabilities, including the use of hard-coded credentials.
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