Most IT pros realize that using Telnet to manage routers, switches, and firewalls is insecure. Transmitted in clear text across a network, Telnet traffic basically publicizes any login usernames and ...

1 - If I have forwarded only the ssh port from my firewall to a machine set up as a ssh server (rsa login only, ssh only for people in a group, no root login) is it a security risk to have other ...

Researchers have published details about a new attack method that exploits a vulnerability in the Secure Socket Shell or SSH networking protocol that raises concerns about the security of data ...

The Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic network protocol that’s supported in software for server authentication and machine-to-machine communications is headed for a significant update. [ BACKGROUND: ...

In 1995, when I was a university student in Helsinki, I developed a security protocol to protect data-in-transit as it moved throughout our network. I named it the “secure shell,” or SSH for short.

A threat actor is using an open-source network mapping tool named SSH-Snake to look for private keys undetected and move laterally on the victim infrastructure. SSH-Snake was discovered by the Sysdig ...

Sometime around the start of 1995, an unknown person planted a password sniffer on the network backbone of Finland’s Helsinki University of Technology (now known as Aalto University). Once in place, ...

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If you're running two Macs with iCloud support (Lion or Mountain Lion), then you can use iCloud's network to remote SSH back into your home computer no matter where you are with just a few lines in ...

A Chinese hacking group, called Evasive Panda (or DaggerFly), has found a new way to attack Linux-based network devices. By using the SSH (Secure Shell) daemon, the group adds malware to systems, ...