Security News > 2022 > August > 36% of orgs expose insecure FTP protocol to the internet, and some still use Telnet

A significant percentage of organizations expose insecure or highly sensitive protocols, including SMB, SSH, and Telnet, to the public internet, the ExtraHop Benchmarking Cyber Risk and Readiness report has shown.

Sixty-four percent of organizations have at least one device exposing this protocol to the public internet.

LDAP exposure is high: Lightweight directory access protocol is a vendor-neutral application protocol that maintains distributed directory information in an organized, easy-to-query manner.

FTP is not as secure as it can be: File transfer protocol is not a full-service file access protocol.

While there are at least two secure alternatives, 36% of organizations expose at least one device using this protocol to the public internet.

12% of organizations have at least one device exposing this protocol to the public internet.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/08/10/insecure-protocols-exposed/