Serial-To-Ethernet devices

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2017
At least six thousand Lantronix Serial-To-Ethernet devices are leaking Telnet passwords

Security researcher discovered thousands of Lantronix Serial-to-Ethernet devices connected online that leak Telnet passwords. The security researcher Ankit Anubhav, principal researcher at NewSky Security, has discovered thousands of Serial-to-Ethernet devices connected online that leak Telnet passwords. Hackers can use the leaked passwords to launch cyber attacks against the equipment that is connected to them. Serial-to-Ethernet “device […]