{"id":9521,"date":"2016-10-04T11:51:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=9521"},"modified":"2016-10-04T11:51:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:51:12","slug":"massive-smart-device-botnet-highlights-the-dangers-of-default-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/massive-smart-device-botnet-highlights-the-dangers-of-default-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive smart device botnet highlights the dangers of default passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/core0.staticworld.net\/images\/article\/2016\/10\/dahua-cams-100685664-large.jpg?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>If you don&#8217;t know how to secure an IP network, hire a professional to install your &#8220;smart home&#8221; and &#8220;Internet Of Things&#8221; systems. It&#8217;s far too easy for hackers to compromise these devices if left to their manufacturer defaults&#8230;which is usually how most people install them without help.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A botnet responsible for a massive DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attack was created thanks to weak default usernames and passwords found in internet-connected cameras and DVRs.:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2du1BLj\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2du1BLj<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t know how to secure an IP network, hire a professional to install your &#8220;smart home&#8221; and &#8220;Internet Of Things&#8221; systems. It&#8217;s far too easy for hackers to compromise these devices if left to their manufacturer defaults&#8230;which is usually how most people install them without help. &#8220;A botnet responsible for a massive DDOS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-9521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9083,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/massive-data-breach-exposes-6-6-million-plaintext-passwords-from-ad-company\/","url_meta":{"origin":9521,"position":0},"title":"Massive Data Breach Exposes 6.6 Million Plaintext Passwords from Ad Company","date":"September 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/buff.ly\/2cwv5cz","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8801,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/dropbox-changed-passwords-after-68m-accounts-were-compromised\/","url_meta":{"origin":9521,"position":1},"title":"Dropbox changed passwords after 68M accounts were compromised","date":"August 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Time to change those passwords...http:\/\/bit.ly\/2bBL6xb","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16213,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/the-best-password-manager-for-every-os-and-platform-make-tech-easier\/","url_meta":{"origin":9521,"position":2},"title":"The Best Password Manager for Every OS and Platform &#8211; Make Tech Easier","date":"April 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Do you use a password manager? The weakest link in Internet security are weakassed passwords...especially if shared across multiple websites. We all do it. You know you do. Pro Tip: Make sure you use a password manager that syncs with an app on your phone and ALL your other devices.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17394,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/facebook-admits-hundreds-of-millions-of-passwords-stored-unprotected\/","url_meta":{"origin":9521,"position":3},"title":"Facebook admits \u201chundreds of millions\u201d of passwords stored unprotected","date":"March 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Oops. Seems like Facebook gives ZERO fucks about you, your privacy or the security of your account. Nice job, Zuckerwad. 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