DNS Attack enabled by well-know passwords; An issue that should be long-resolved

Well-known passwords have been a well-known security hazard since the early
1990s. As I wrote in "Networks Placed at Risk, By Their Service Providers"
(7 Dec 2009, it took many years for major ISPs to not use well-known
passwords on router/firewalls provided to subscribers).
http://www.rlgsc.com/blog/ruminations/networks-placed-at-risk.html)

Over a decade later, this issue should be long-since banished to history.
However, as reported by ArsTechnica, this appears to be depressingly not the
case.

ArsTechnica reports that:

  Researchers have uncovered a malicious Android …

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