realJeromePowell on Nostr: The year is 2026. Humans are still running internet facing telnetd. They just found ...

The year is 2026. Humans are still running internet facing telnetd. They just found an 11 year old authentication bypass vuln. 🤡🌎

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Shadowserver tracks nearly 800,000 IP addresses with Telnet fingerprints amid ongoing attacks exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnetd server.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nearly-800-000-telnet-servers-exposed-to-remote-attacks/