This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I find their statements a bit on the sweeping side.
Out of more than 1.8 million administrator credentials analyzed, over 40,000 entries were “admin,” showing that the default password is widely accepted by IT administrators.
That's just over 2 percent. "Widely accepted" in my book is a much larger percentage..
I guess its in comparison to other common passwords
2% is plenty enough to get a lot of orgs malwared. What gets me is the number of orgs that just have administrative systems internet-facing. That's the first fail
She was a qwerty1 girl. He was a θⰼ💑ꙩ׳Ͳ📢🦀ԉ꠷ᵭϊ⒁㇃⛭🨪ǘ⭝ᴎІ"⚌⪆㉑┦🨰꒕𝌾㇀🤃Ȁ guy.
Yikes, imagine not using a password manager on that. That's some next-level numpad skills.
comin in hot ddr style
I like this comment.
😂 😂 😂
upgrade to, "Admin1!"
hunter2
What does this say? All I can see is *******
Wait... Did I type hunter2...
You can only see the stars right?
Yup... I only see the stars -
Wait... Did I type *******...
You're definitely good there. :)
😂
I think I can say this now because it's been 10 years. But in one of my old jobs, I set a new windows administrator password for all assets across the organization. Previously it was 8 characters with a known word with an exclamation point added at the end.
I got the approval to set a new password that would be secure but easy to remember for the IT guys that would be using it on a daily basis. They complained about my first two choices, so I said fuck it and changed it to F0rH315ThEKwi$atzHad3rach!
I could remember it just fine. Still do to this day lol. They complained about a 14 character password before and I was tired of trying to get them on board.
As soon as I left for greener pastures, I heard they changed the password to something easy again. Oh well, not my problem anymore.
For he is the kwisatzhaderach?
Yeah, a reference to Dune. I had just re-read the first three books and it came to me.
Didn’t you work at NASA ?
No? Not sure where you got that from lol.
That's amazing! That's the same password I have on my luggage!
I'm surrounded by assholes!
Keep firing, Assholes!
Always work that into any discussion around passwords to find out who the kindred souls are in the room. Either instant smiles or awkward pauses, so good to sort the chaff from the wheat.
1qaz2wsx!QAZ@WSX gang checking in.
I’m more of a
“thiS is the time to make a pa55word time?!”
kinda person.
`It’s p4sswording time!”
There not really much in the article but i know a lot of stuff gets shipped with admin/admin. A lot of manufacturers are starting to ship with secure passwords and a requirement to make one on first boot.
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Researcher just found long ago that Mb2.r5oHf-0t is the most secure Passwort. Therefore everyone should use it
Thank god my is qwerty123
Yeah, and my password may be "admin" but the username is not, check mate scientists!
Majority of those accounts are probably used on portals for printer/copiers.
And no doubt for a bunch of off-brand internet-connected cameras. Or, those are just totally open to the whole world. Glad to see Shodan is still up... Though I'd hoped some mfg would change their practices once it became obvious no one changes the default.
I worked for an organization that was pawned by ransomware. That administered around 4500 Windows PCs. All and every one of them had an admin account that was "adminarea" and the password was "areaadmin"
Pretty sure it's a lot more than 40k
Gibson gang checking in with password "GOD"
I assumed after Hackers came out every sysop would practice better password hygiene.
Shows what I know.
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That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!
My providers router has the username locked as 'Admin'. They are pretty decent otherwise.
Meh. Username shouldn’t matter anyway. Make sure the password is secure (and stored securely).
I had a loaned ISP router in the early naughts that I couldn’t change the admin password, but it was the same for all their boxes and someone posted it on my bulletin board. I changed it as soon as I could, but the techs were furious. Whatever man, I’m not letting anyone take control of my LAN because you can’t figure this shit out.
There is a chance that I once used the user 'admin' with the password ' istrator' for the laughs.
