Re: Uptick in SSH scanning?

Rob Thomas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.operators.internet-access
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hey, Chris.

> Has anyone else seen a significant rise in SSH scanning in the last day
> or two?  Rather than my usual short list of blocked hosts (usually under
> 10), I've got several hundred blocked right now, and virtually all for
> SSH login attempts with invalid users.

The SSH scan numbers in our Darknets show some increase for some of the
past few days, but overall no great global increase.

2008-08-29  21171
2008-08-30  15465
2008-08-31  24977
2008-09-01  17517
2008-09-02  19534
2008-09-03  22809
2008-09-04     86 (so far)

For a monthly comparison:

2008-06  674101
2008-07  638838
2008-08  642195
2008-09   59946 (so far)

Thanks,
Rob.
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