The most common attack on the web today doesn’t require advanced hacking skills—it just requires knowing where to look. Instead of breaking into systems with complex exploits, attackers are simply finding ones that were never properly secured in the first place.
In a perfect fantasy world, yes, admins would be 100% perfect all the time, and every system would be flawlessly configured.
However, in reality, we must acknowledge that misconfigurations and oversights are inevitable. The key is to create a culture of continuous improvement and support, where everyone works together to identify and address vulnerabilities.
This way, we can all contribute to a more secure environment.
At least that means cybersecurity experts will be in demand for the foreseeable future 😆—good job security! Human error really is the weakest link in most cyber defenses.
It’s unrealistic to expect currently deployed systems will be changed anytime soon.
There are some steps that can be implemented:
We can educate manufacturers to update their technology processes to create strong complex passwords at installation admin login.
We could enforce this with legislation placing negligence liability on those manufacturers for not doing so.
What is the probability either of those two remedies will ever see the light of day? Likely zero.
Are we really expecting that the administrators of thousands of systems with default passwords will ever discover their mistakes?
In a perfect fantasy world, yes, admins would be 100% perfect all the time, and every system would be flawlessly configured.
However, in reality, we must acknowledge that misconfigurations and oversights are inevitable. The key is to create a culture of continuous improvement and support, where everyone works together to identify and address vulnerabilities.
This way, we can all contribute to a more secure environment.
You are doing your part with your posting on cybersecurity. Thank you.
I have met so many oblivious people though ....
At least that means cybersecurity experts will be in demand for the foreseeable future 😆—good job security! Human error really is the weakest link in most cyber defenses.
Thanks for reading and the discussion 🙏
This is something Im developing standard hygiene habits for right now.