An Overview of the Usage of Default Passwords

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_48846B5F58E5
Type
Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
Collection
Publications
Title
An Overview of the Usage of Default Passwords
Title of the conference
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Author(s)
Knieriem Brandon, Zhang Xiaolu, Levine Philip, Breitinger Frank, Baggili Ibrahim
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Address
Cham
ISBN
9783319736969
9783319736976
ISSN
1867-8211
1867-822X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2018
Editor
Matoušek Petr, Schmiedecker Martin
Pages
195-203
Language
english
Abstract
The recent Mirai botnet attack demonstrated the danger of using default passwords and showed it is still a major problem. In this study we investigated several common applications and their password policies. Specifically, we analyzed if these applications: (1) have default passwords or (2) allow the user to set a weak password (i.e., they do not properly enforce a password policy). Our study shows that default passwords are still a significant problem: 61% of applications inspected initially used a default or blank password. When changing the password, 58% allowed a blank password, 35% allowed a weak password of 1 character.
Keywords
Default passwords, applications, usage, security
Create date
06/05/2021 12:01
Last modification date
06/05/2021 12:12
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