Security News > 2016 > March > Which passwords to avoid for Internet-facing systems? (Help Net Security)

For the last year or so, Rapid7 has been collecting login credentials via “Heisenberg,” a network of low-interaction honeypots that the company has set up to analyze login attempts by random, opportunistic actors. The honeypots emulate the authentication handshakes of several protocols, but nothing more than that, so the motives of the “attackers” are unknown. But the recorded login attempts give insight into the top attempted usernames, passwords, and username:password combinations. The recently released report … More →

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