Friday, October 19, 2007

Default Passwords: A Hacker's Dream

This interview with a convicted hacker of very large communications companies can serve as a warning to all of us. Computer security 101, when followed, will make life much more difficult on all the bad guys out there. Of course, one of the people interviewed for this article blame the vendors for not forcing a change in the password to allow a device to work. That might be helpful, but in the end, who is responsible for their networks? Not the vendors...

Interview With A Convicted Hacker: Robert Moore Tells How He Broke Into Routers And Stole VoIP Services From Information Week.




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