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January 19, 2016 10:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/AsEXtJScJDo/advantech-industrial-serial-to-internet-gateways-left-wide-open
Advantech Industrial Serial-To-Internet Gateways Left Wide Open
itwbennett writes: Researchers from Rapid7 have discovered a vulnerability in serial-to-IP gateway devices from Advantech that would allow the Internet-connected industrial devices to be accessible to anyone, with no password. In October, the Taiwanese firm patched the firmware in some of these devices to remove a hard-coded SSH (Secure Shell) key that would have allowed unauthorized access by remote attackers. But it overlooked an even bigger problem: Any password will unlock the gateways, which are used to connect legacy serial devices to TCP/IP and cellular networks in industrial environments around the world.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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