remote computers, to control your network devices is comparable to shouting your username and password when exiting a building. Pretty soon, someone will be listening, and they’ll take advantage of ...

OK, here's the scenario:<br><br>I have my computer set up as the DMZ host via my router at home, and SSH Server for Windows installed on WinXP Pro SP1. So I can get an SSH terminal window (with ...

A yearly scan of exposed ports has revealed that there are nearly 10 million devices with open Telnet ports connected to the Internet as we speak, opening themselves to brute-force attacks from IoT ...

You can't always just hang around waiting for the next big Microsoft security update. Sometimes you have to go and make your own destiny -- even if it means probing a few dusty ports. That's ...

Poor telnet, it used to be the cool kid on the block. It was the program all sysadmins turned to when they needed to connect to a remote server. Telnet just wasn't that good at keeping a secret—all ...

Building botnets made up of routers, modems, wireless access points and other networking devices doesn’t require sophisticated exploits. Remaiten, a new worm that ...