Telnet, an e-mail application, became fully operational Tuesday after about two months of limited service due to security concerns. Northwestern University Information Technology shut down an older ...

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There is a severe remote code execution vulnerability in a number of Cisco’s security appliances, a bug that was first disclosed nearly three years ago. There is a severe remote code execution ...

Bad actor obtained passwords for servers, home routers, and smart devices by scanning internet for devices open to the Telnet port. A hacker has published a list of credentials for more than 515,000 ...

A security researcher has identified thousands of Serial-to-Ethernet devices connected online that leak Telnet passwords that could be used to attack the equipment that is placed behind them. The ...

A Brazilian ISP appears to have deployed routers without a Telnet password for nearly 5,000 customers, leaving the devices wide open to abuse. The devices have been discovered this week by Ankit ...

Topic ===== remote root exploit in in.telnetd Problem Description ===== Linux' telnet daemon versions <= 0.17 is vulnerable to a remote root exploit. Exploit code has just been published. Immediate ...

A security hole discovered in a Unix-based operating system can allow remote hackers to gain complete access to or crash the Web server. It’s unclear if all Unix mainstream operating systems are ...

By default the root user cannot telnet to a Solaris box. Root is often prevented from remotely connecting to Unix/Linux boxes in an attempt to prevent some exploits. If root is intentionally prevented ...