# Default Credentials

## Overview

As much as we think people aren't using default credentials, they are using them **ALL THE TIME**. The default admin credentials should be the first password spray combination you try when you land on a login page.

## Example

<figure><img src="/files/gftQq54oBdNgM2RlLiTb" alt=""><figcaption><p>Default Credentials on a router</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/oKwEDFgwDrwtLVszOrQo" alt=""><figcaption><p>Evidence and Remediation</p></figcaption></figure>


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