Google Announces Passkeys Adopted by Over 400 Million Accounts

Google on Thursday announced that passkeys are being used by over 400 million Google accounts, authenticating users more than 1 billion times over the past two years. "Passkeys are easy to use and phishing resistant, only relying on a fingerprint, face scan or a pin making them 50% faster than...

Hardcoded credentials

Use of a hard-coded cryptographic key pair by the telnetdstartup service allows an attacker on the local area network to obtain a root shell on the device over telnet. The builds of telnetdstartup included in the version 22.5.9.163 of the K2 firmware, and version 32.1.15.93 of the K3C firmware...

PT-2022-17156

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions K2 firmware version 22.5.9.163 K3C firmware version 32.1.15.93 Description The issue allows an attacker on the local area network to obtain a root shell on the device over telnet due to the use of a hard-coded cryptographic key pair by the...

Bug in OpenSSH Opens Linux Machines to Password Cracking Attack

A simple but highly critical vulnerability recently disclosed in the most widely used OpenSSH software allows attackers to try thousands of password login attempts per connection in a short period. OpenSSH is the most popular software widely used for secure remote access to Linux-based systems...