Protocol

Telnet

protocol:telnet Also: telnet

Remote-login protocol described as transmitting usernames and passwords without encryption.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
incoming USES Carna Botnet Explicit 13
incoming INVOLVES Ecuadorian arrest and prosecution of Ola Bini Explicit 163

Claims

Carna Botnet USES Telnet

The Carna Botnet scanned internet-connected systems running Telnet and used Telnet access during its propagation.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 13 Details

“The researcher created a program that would scan and find unprotected systems and then upload that same program to the systems it found”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 2635–2770

“The first mission was just to see how many devices were running Telnet with default passwords.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 4918–5012

Ecuadorian arrest and prosecution of Ola Bini INVOLVES Telnet

The alleged evidence in the case was a photograph of an incomplete telnet connection that timed out without a username being entered.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ola Bini EP 163 Details

“this is a telnet connection that — where it asks for the username and no one put anything in, and then it times out”