From hardcoded credentials to auth gone wrong: Old bugs continue to break modern systems

At a time when AI-powered cyber threats and sophisticated state-backed hacking groups dominate the headlines, the lack of elementary security continues to pose as the most consistent risk. A recent string of vulnerability disclosures highlights the vulnerability of “modern” infrastructure to the oldest tricks in the book. Cisco, for instance, was found shipping wireless controllers with hardcoded root credentials , providing attackers a direct path to privileged access. Anthropic’s internal deve...