March 16, 2022 By Ian Barker
New research shows that hackers are regularly gaining access to servers with the same commonly used -- often default -- passwords.
The data from Bulletproof also reveals that default Raspberry Pi usernames and logins feature prominently on the list of top default credentials used by hackers.
The research conducted throughout 2021 using honeypots, shows that 70 percent of total web activity is currently bot traffic. With hackers increasingly deploying automated attack methods, default credentials are the most common passwords used by these bad actors, acting in effect as a 'skeleton key' for criminal access.