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Hackers Bringing Telnet Back

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gopher-still-dead dept.

alphadogg writes "A new report from Akamai Technologies (CT: Requires login) shows that hackers appear to be increasingly using the Telnet remote access protocol to attack corporate servers over mobile networks. The report, which covers the third quarter of 2010, shows that 10 percent of attacks that came from mobile networks are directed at Port 23, which Telnet uses. That marks a somewhat unusual spike for the aging protocol used to log into remote servers but that has been gradually replaced by SSH."

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  1. A tip for management by goodmanj · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you manage your company or institution's IT department, please do the following:

    Step 1: Turn on "telnet" on your PC. (Of course you Windows, you're management, right?)
    Step 2: Try to "telnet" to your company's website, or to any other machine or service names your underlings bandy about.
    Step 3: If you don't see "Connection refused" every time, FIRE EVERYONE WHO REPORTS TO YOU.

  2. Hackers Bringing Telnet Back? by crow_t_robot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How can hackers bring telnet attacks back if admins don't run telnet? Should the headline say "Admins are bringing telnet back and getting bitten in the ass for it?"