Vendor-Supplied Defaults Are a Serious Threat

Hackers are merely a Google search away from hacking your network.

Devices, like routers, come straight from the vendor with factory settings like default usernames and passwords. Defaults make device installation and support easier, but also mean every model originates with the same username and password. When those defaults aren’t changed, you give hackers Wonka’s Golden Ticket into your system.

Watch the video to learn more about vendor supplied defaults.

During a recent SecurityMetrics forensic investigation, we discovered the IT company that configured the compromised merchant also set up 50 additional merchants with the same configuration and passwords. Yikes.

Once the hacker cracked the username/password, it was all downhill from there.

Don’t believe it? Google your device. Type: “[manufacturer] [model] default password.” It’s really quite simple to find your device’s default settings, along with a slew of hackalicious goodies.