Using Shodan: The World's Most Dangerous Search Engine
https://www.hackers-arise.com/amp/2016/06/22/using-shodan-the-worlds-most-dangerous-search-engine
For those not familiar with Shodan, this is one of the easiest ways to find vulnerable internet-connected hardware. This could be anything from personal webcams to gas pipeline control systems.
Also, this article should be a major heads up to everyone: DO NOT EVER use the factory default logins for your devices! Make unique logins and strong passwords for everything, and use MFA whenever possible.
@voltronic lol, just remembered that I locked myself out of my BIOS. Set admin password and instantly forgot it.
@Tail
That's what the CLR_CMOS jumper pins are for. Or, you can go old-school and pull the MB battery, pump the power switch to discharge the caps, and start from fresh.
@voltronic I've done it all, bud. Was in there reapplying some thermal paste and ripped tore the whole thing down while I was at it, pulled both batteries out and it was sitting idle for a week. I've been building desktop PCs for a while so I had a good idea of the usual steps but for whatever reason none of it worked. I'm kinda at a loss here.
It's probably for the best, I was attempting to update my BIOS for basically no reason at all.