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Siemens Lessons Learned: The Dangers of Default Passwords

2010-07-28
By: Awareity
On: July 28, 2010
In: *Connecting the Dots Blog*, Information Security

  One of the first things security professionals recommend when you install new programs, systems or hardware is that you change the default password immediately.  And, if a system has been breached or is vulnerable to a potential breach, most security professionals recommend your Users change their passwords as a precaution. Now, what if the password was hard-coded into the system and could not be changed without throwing all systems into chaos and disrupting or halting operations? And what if the default password for your software had been shared in online forums since 2008? That would never happen, right…? Unfortunately this is exactly what hasRead More →

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