Re: [Full-Disclosure] Automated SSH login attempts?
Paul Schmehl <[email protected]> Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:49:41 -0500
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--On Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:47 AM -0400 Jay Libove <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here are some log entries from my system: > > Jul 15 10:01:34 panther6 sshd[8267]: Illegal user test from 62.67.45.4 > Jul 15 10:01:34 panther6 sshd[8267]: Failed password for illegal user We've been seeing these as well, and in every case we've notified the owners, they have mailed us back to let us know that the host had been rooted. You would be doing the owners a big favor by notifying them that their host is probably compromised. Paul Schmehl ([email protected]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu