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Large-scale brute-force activity targeting VPNs, SSH services with commonly used login credentials (blog.talosintelligence.com)

submitted 9 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For as long as I can remember, open SSH endpoints have been subject to password scan attacks from random corners of the internet. It’s just how life is.

[–] EisFrei@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

The moment I install ssh is the moment I install fail2ban.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 1 points 9 months ago

I was exited to read about the recent surge of brute force attempts I received from IPs my fail2ban has not previously seen, but this is just a generic piece from 6 months ago :(

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

I found just white listing cidrs from your country the most effective way to reduce this log spam. I only use keys anyway so the attempts are pointless.