Over 3 million mail servers without encryption exposed to sniffing attacks

[malcontent]

Over three million POP3 and IMAP mail servers without TLS encryption are currently exposed on the Internet and vulnerable to network sniffing attacks.

Over 3 million mail servers without encryption exposed to sniffing attacks

[RFK]

Juno.com: its POP and SMTP servers still support non-encrypted connections. They support TLS connections too.

[janusz]

Are there really three millions mail servers ?

[TenFour]

Originally Posted by janusz

Are there really three millions mail servers ?

I bet a lot of those are small servers for smaller companies and home use. I worked for a company with its own server and it required an IT staff to keep things running properly and up to date. I suspect many smaller servers are not well maintained.

[webecedarian]

Sniffing? That's a term I haven't heard before.

[mister]

Packet sniffing is a method of detecting and assessing packet data sent over a network. It can be used by administrators for network monitoring and security. However, packet sniffing tools can also be used by hackers to spy or steal confidential data.Aug 12, 2023

[janusz]

What's the significance of the date at the end of the previous message?

[Avion]

Originally Posted by janusz

What's the significance of the date at the end of the previous message?

Info that's been taken from the Avast website.

[Bamb0]

Originally Posted by webecedarian

Sniffing? That's a term I haven't heard before.

I have heard of it.... I think its mainly just scare tactics to get them to goto somethiing THEY THINK IS SECURE when in fact the ppl running all this can still see everything!