Re: Internet SSH scans

"Stephen J. Smoogen" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.incidents
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Has anyone kept track of the passwords being used? I have been trying
to find a nice simple sshd password logger so that I can set up a
website that says "Is this your account? Is this your password?"


On 3/3/06, William Tarkington <[email protected]> wrote:
> This appears to be related to a Romanian organized crime ring.
>
> They are using ssh scans + password lists for easy to guess servers.
> From there they create a phishing site.
>
> It has been on the rise for about 3 months or so from my records.
>
> --Will
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Frerichs [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:57 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Internet SSH scans
>
> I'm seeing the same sorts of scans, but it seems to be only on hosts
> that
> offer web services and have publicly published URLs that might be found
> in a
> user's cache.
>
> Tom Frerichs - Denver
>
>


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Stephen J Smoogen.
CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
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