Hackers Bringing Telnet Back 238
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."
Re:People stopped using Telnet? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:People stopped using Telnet? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm using telnet for ssh too. Doing RSA in your head is a bit tricky at first, but once you get used to it it's really convenient.
PS. For a real challenge try to PPP authenticate over dial-up using your voice.
Re:People stopped using Telnet? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A tip for management (Score:5, Funny)
Get your hackin' on (Score:4, Funny)
Them other protocols don't know how to act.
I think it's special what's inside your rack.
So enable the service and I'll begin to hack.