Research Article
An Overview of the Usage of Default Passwords
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-73697-6_15, author={Brandon Knieriem and Xiaolu Zhang and Philip Levine and Frank Breitinger and Ibrahim Baggili}, title={An Overview of the Usage of Default Passwords}, proceedings={Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. 9th International Conference, ICDF2C 2017, Prague, Czech Republic, October 9-11, 2017, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={ICDF2C}, year={2018}, month={1}, keywords={Default passwords Applications Usage Security}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-73697-6_15} }- Brandon Knieriem
Xiaolu Zhang
Philip Levine
Frank Breitinger
Ibrahim Baggili
Year: 2018
An Overview of the Usage of Default Passwords
ICDF2C
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73697-6_15
Abstract
The recent Mirai botnet attack demonstrated the danger of using default passwords and showed it is still a major problem. In this study we investigated several common applications and their password policies. Specifically, we analyzed if these applications: (1) have default passwords or (2) allow the user to set a weak password (i.e., they do not properly enforce a password policy). Our study shows that default passwords are still a significant problem: 61% of applications inspected initially used a default or blank password. When changing the password, 58% allowed a blank password, 35% allowed a weak password of 1 character.
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