In Watchguard's Firebox firewalls, attackers can potentially gain administrative privileges with ease. The vulnerability was considered critical at first. The impact of the vulnerability described is ...

Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux. Using the root account could lead to disaster. Sudo is the preferred method of gaining elevated privileges. When I first started using Linux ...

Stolen private footage from hospitals, schools and homes was sold online via Telegram and QR codes. Teaser clips were used to promote the footage on YouTube A single ...

A default password, 'admin123', enabled hackers to breach hospital CCTV systems nationwide, stealing intimate footage of women undergoing medical examinations. This footage was then sold for profit on ...

Built under the Trifecta Tech Foundation’s “Privilege Boundary” initiative, sudo‑rs is a from-scratch implementation of sudo and su created in Rust, a language celebrated for its compile-time ...

A total of 689 printer models from Brother, along with 53 other models from Fujifilm, Toshiba, and Konica Minolta, come with a default administrator password that remote attackers can generate. Even ...

A security researcher says the default password shipped in a widely used door access control system allows anyone to easily and remotely access door locks and elevator controls in dozens of buildings ...

How To Set, Change, and Recover Your MySQL Root Password Your email has been sent If you never set, forgot, or change your MySQL password, you're in luck. This ...

If you never set, forgot, or change your MySQL password, you're in luck. This article walks you through these steps, so you'll never be at a loss for that database root user password. TechRepublic Get ...

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