📚 Top 10 Passwords Used to Hijack IoT Devices Are as Stupid as You Think They Are

Malware targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices is becoming more and more prevalent, with new families discovered every month, all working in the same way. IoT malware, usually targeting various Linux flavors used to power these devices, is rarely a danger to the people or companies behind these devices, but everyone else. All IoT malware discovered in the past two years has been seen doing the same thing. The infection starts with a crook or automated service employing brute-force attacks, trying to guess the IoT device's admin password by trying thousands of username-password combinations. Default device passwords help IoT botnets grow If users haven't changed their device's... ...