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Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use 'admin' as a password::Security researchers found that IT administrators are using tens of thousands of weak passwords to protect access to portals, leaving the door open to cyberattacks on enterprise networks.

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[–] keesrif@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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..

[–] Voltage808s@kerala.party 10 points 1 year ago

I guess its in comparison to other common passwords

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

She was a qwerty1 girl. He was a θⰼ💑ꙩ׳Ͳ📢🦀ԉ꠷ᵭϊ⒁㇃⛭🨪ǘ⭝ᴎІ"⚌⪆㉑┦🨰꒕𝌾㇀🤃Ȁ guy.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yikes, imagine not using a password manager on that. That's some next-level numpad skills.

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

comin in hot ddr style

[–] NHishimachi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I like this comment.

[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] robocall@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What does this say? All I can see is *******

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait... Did I type hunter2...

You can only see the stars right?

[–] jmd_akbar@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago

Yup... I only see the stars -

Wait... Did I type *******...

You're definitely good there. :)

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For he is the kwisatzhaderach?

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, a reference to Dune. I had just re-read the first three books and it came to me.

[–] toma@lemmy.omat.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn’t you work at NASA ?

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No? Not sure where you got that from lol.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's amazing! That's the same password I have on my luggage!

[–] lando55@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm surrounded by assholes!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Keep firing, Assholes!

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] ConsumptionOne@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

1qaz2wsx!QAZ@WSX gang checking in.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m more of a

“thiS is the time to make a pa55word time?!”

kinda person.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

`It’s p4sswording time!”

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] maeries@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

Researcher just found long ago that Mb2.r5oHf-0t is the most secure Passwort. Therefore everyone should use it

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, and my password may be "admin" but the username is not, check mate scientists!

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Majority of those accounts are probably used on portals for printer/copiers.

[–] ____@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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"

[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure it's a lot more than 40k

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gibson gang checking in with password "GOD"

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I assumed after Hackers came out every sysop would practice better password hygiene.

Shows what I know.

[–] art@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My providers router has the username locked as 'Admin'. They are pretty decent otherwise.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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.