Cybersecurity

Hardcoded Creds

Systematic hunt for hardcoded credentials, API keys, certificates, and default passwords in extracted IoT firmware. Covers /etc/shadow and passwd parsing, busybox httpd configs, telnet/dropbear stanzas, MQTT/cloud API key extraction, and cross-referencing against known default-credential databases.

Publisher / source
BitterSecurity/Decepticon (found on GitHub top repositories)
Upstream record
BitterSecurity/Decepticon
Version
Version 1
Published
Publication review
Approved for publication · recorded passed scan 2026-11-04
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