Defaults and weaknesses

Unfortunately there are too many real world examples where default passwords, weak passwords or test accounts are left on a system begging to be exploited.

Here are a two recent examples:

A Security Lesson From the Joe the Plumber Snooper

Prisoner PWNS Correctional System - Security Admins Out to Lunch

Disobeying Corporate Rules

Read this blog post for the next class. It has some interesting points that fall into our recent discussions.