A renaissance view of technology

Anatomy of an SSH Brute Force Dictionary Attack

A few weeks ago I wrote that I had been noticing a large number of attempted SSH brute force dictionary attacks on my server. None were successful but I published some ways to protect yourself. This morning at 8am - a would be hacker succeeded in a dictionary attack - what he left behind was very interesting.

SSH Brute Force Dictionary Attack

I’ve been noticing a lot of attempted brute force attacks on port 22 (SSH) - undoubtedly from script kiddies. Many times, out of curiosity, I reverse DNS the IP and find a business website (usually in Korea or China) on the other end. I am sure these businesses have no idea their website has been [...]