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Re: [PLUG] Brute force SSH attack confounds defenders
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Awesome find Alex :-)
On Dec 9, 2008, at 11:19 PM, Alex Valentine wrote:
> Problem solved.
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> http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/
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> Alex Valentine
> asv@ivoss.com
> http://www.alexvalentine.org
> aim: asv108vv
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> On Dec 9, 2008, at 11:06 PM, Brian Vagnoni wrote:
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>> There goes the neighborhood :-)
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>> ATTACKS
>> --SSH Brute Force Attack Uses Botnet to Target Specific Servers
>> (December 5 & 8, 2008)
>> After noting a spike in failed SSH logins in October, researchers
>> identified an ongoing brute-force attack that involves multiple
>> machines
>> that have been compromised with bot software. The attacks target
>> specific servers. Researchers have not been able to obtain a sample
>> of
>> the botnet code used in the attack.
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/08/brute_force_ssh_attack/
>> http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Distributed-SSH-attacks-bypass-blacklists--/news/112174
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