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Over 40,000 admin portal accounts use 'admin' as a password (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 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..

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I guess its in comparison to other common passwords

[–] [email protected] 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