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oh, somebot is in trouble:

May 25 13:26:54 skapet sshd-session[30936]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34842 ssh2
May 25 13:26:56 skapet sshd-session[92221]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34856 ssh2

#ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #bots #botnets #cybercrime

oh, somebot is in trouble:

May 25 13:26:54 skapet sshd-session[30936]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34842 ssh2
May 25 13:26:56 skapet sshd-session[92221]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34856 ssh2

#ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #bots #botnets #cybercrime

oh, somebot is in trouble:

May 25 13:26:54 skapet sshd-session[30936]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34842 ssh2
May 25 13:26:56 skapet sshd-session[92221]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34856 ssh2

#ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #bots #botnets #cybercrime

oh, somebot is in trouble:

May 25 13:26:54 skapet sshd-session[30936]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34842 ssh2
May 25 13:26:56 skapet sshd-session[92221]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34856 ssh2

#ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #bots #botnets #cybercrime

oh, somebot is in trouble:

May 25 13:26:54 skapet sshd-session[30936]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34842 ssh2
May 25 13:26:56 skapet sshd-session[92221]: Failed password for invalid user Can't open exe from 2a02:4780:10:8ba4::1 port 34856 ssh2

#ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #bots #botnets #cybercrime

Yes, this happened:

May 23 09:54:39 skapet sshd-session[44948]: Failed password for invalid user root/1234567 from 109.248.231.249 port 52134 ssh2

Must have worked *somewhere* at least *once*, right?

#cybercrime #ssh #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #morons #scriptkiddies

yes, this happened:

Apr 8 23:46:59 skapet sshd-session[69515]: Failed none for invalid user Can't locate List/Util.pm in @INC (you may need to install the List from 175.199.67.164 port 51226 ssh2

(and several times more, of course)
#ssh #bot #botnet #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #sshgropers #cybercrime #security

Background: "Badness, Enumerated by Robots" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enumerated_by_robots.html and links therein

yes, this happened:

Apr 8 23:46:59 skapet sshd-session[69515]: Failed none for invalid user Can't locate List/Util.pm in @INC (you may need to install the List from 175.199.67.164 port 51226 ssh2

(and several times more, of course)
#ssh #bot #botnet #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #sshgropers #cybercrime #security

Background: "Badness, Enumerated by Robots" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enumerated_by_robots.html and links therein

yes, this happened:

Apr 8 23:46:59 skapet sshd-session[69515]: Failed none for invalid user Can't locate List/Util.pm in @INC (you may need to install the List from 175.199.67.164 port 51226 ssh2

(and several times more, of course)
#ssh #bot #botnet #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #sshgropers #cybercrime #security

Background: "Badness, Enumerated by Robots" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enumerated_by_robots.html and links therein

yes, this happened:

Apr 8 23:46:59 skapet sshd-session[69515]: Failed none for invalid user Can't locate List/Util.pm in @INC (you may need to install the List from 175.199.67.164 port 51226 ssh2

(and several times more, of course)
#ssh #bot #botnet #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #sshgropers #cybercrime #security

Background: "Badness, Enumerated by Robots" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enumerated_by_robots.html and links therein

yes, this happened:

Apr 8 23:46:59 skapet sshd-session[69515]: Failed none for invalid user Can't locate List/Util.pm in @INC (you may need to install the List from 175.199.67.164 port 51226 ssh2

(and several times more, of course)
#ssh #bot #botnet #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #sshgropers #cybercrime #security

Background: "Badness, Enumerated by Robots" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enumerated_by_robots.html and links therein

A kiddie and their script, part N of N!

Mar 9 17:54:52 skapet sshd-session[97161]: Failed password for invalid user %company% from 20.83.3.189 port 17677 ssh2

#scriptkiddies #sshgropers #passwordguessing #cybercrime #ssh #security

And if you need some reading material, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html (or g-tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html)

Friends,

It feels like it was in a different century, but at the beginning of the #russia-#ukraine full scale war I speculated that you could predict development in conflict based on the intensity of attempted #cyberattacks, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/Predicting_developments_in_real_world_conflict_from_patterns_of_failed_logins.html. The data now covers four years.

I ponder whether it's worth using the data (linked in the article) to see how these things correlate.

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

#ssh #passwordguessing #cybercrime #passwordgropers #hailmarycloud

Friends,

It feels like it was in a different century, but at the beginning of the #russia-#ukraine full scale war I speculated that you could predict development in conflict based on the intensity of attempted #cyberattacks, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/Predicting_developments_in_real_world_conflict_from_patterns_of_failed_logins.html. The data now covers four years.

I ponder whether it's worth using the data (linked in the article) to see how these things correlate.

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

#ssh #passwordguessing #cybercrime #passwordgropers #hailmarycloud

Friends,

It feels like it was in a different century, but at the beginning of the #russia-#ukraine full scale war I speculated that you could predict development in conflict based on the intensity of attempted #cyberattacks, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/Predicting_developments_in_real_world_conflict_from_patterns_of_failed_logins.html. The data now covers four years.

I ponder whether it's worth using the data (linked in the article) to see how these things correlate.

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

#ssh #passwordguessing #cybercrime #passwordgropers #hailmarycloud

Friends,

It feels like it was in a different century, but at the beginning of the #russia-#ukraine full scale war I speculated that you could predict development in conflict based on the intensity of attempted #cyberattacks, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/Predicting_developments_in_real_world_conflict_from_patterns_of_failed_logins.html. The data now covers four years.

I ponder whether it's worth using the data (linked in the article) to see how these things correlate.

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

#ssh #passwordguessing #cybercrime #passwordgropers #hailmarycloud

Friends,

It feels like it was in a different century, but at the beginning of the #russia-#ukraine full scale war I speculated that you could predict development in conflict based on the intensity of attempted #cyberattacks, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/Predicting_developments_in_real_world_conflict_from_patterns_of_failed_logins.html. The data now covers four years.

I ponder whether it's worth using the data (linked in the article) to see how these things correlate.

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

#ssh #passwordguessing #cybercrime #passwordgropers #hailmarycloud

A mention elsewhere of the insufferable ssh password guessers has me reprise my "The Hail Mary Cloud and the Lessons Learned" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html piece, with a note added at the end about endlessh as a possible refinement (yes, I use it) #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #endlessh #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #security #cybercrime

A mention elsewhere of the insufferable ssh password guessers has me reprise my "The Hail Mary Cloud and the Lessons Learned" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html piece, with a note added at the end about endlessh as a possible refinement (yes, I use it) #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #endlessh #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #security #cybercrime

A mention elsewhere of the insufferable ssh password guessers has me reprise my "The Hail Mary Cloud and the Lessons Learned" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html piece, with a note added at the end about endlessh as a possible refinement (yes, I use it) #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #endlessh #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #security #cybercrime

A mention elsewhere of the insufferable ssh password guessers has me reprise my "The Hail Mary Cloud and the Lessons Learned" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html piece, with a note added at the end about endlessh as a possible refinement (yes, I use it) #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #endlessh #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #security #cybercrime

A mention elsewhere of the insufferable ssh password guessers has me reprise my "The Hail Mary Cloud and the Lessons Learned" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html piece, with a note added at the end about endlessh as a possible refinement (yes, I use it) #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #endlessh #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #security #cybercrime

Over at LinkedIn, somebody posted the results of putting a Linux server with sshd exposted to the internet for 30 days recently.

In that particular area, not much seems to have changed since the early years of this century when the events chronicled here https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html (or if you prefer Big G's trackers, https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html) occurred.

#ssh #passwordguessing #rootlogin #weakspaswords #passwordgroping #cybercrime

Over at LinkedIn, somebody posted the results of putting a Linux server with sshd exposted to the internet for 30 days recently.

In that particular area, not much seems to have changed since the early years of this century when the events chronicled here https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html (or if you prefer Big G's trackers, https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html) occurred.

#ssh #passwordguessing #rootlogin #weakspaswords #passwordgroping #cybercrime

Over at LinkedIn, somebody posted the results of putting a Linux server with sshd exposted to the internet for 30 days recently.

In that particular area, not much seems to have changed since the early years of this century when the events chronicled here https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html (or if you prefer Big G's trackers, https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html) occurred.

#ssh #passwordguessing #rootlogin #weakspaswords #passwordgroping #cybercrime

Over at LinkedIn, somebody posted the results of putting a Linux server with sshd exposted to the internet for 30 days recently.

In that particular area, not much seems to have changed since the early years of this century when the events chronicled here https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html (or if you prefer Big G's trackers, https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html) occurred.

#ssh #passwordguessing #rootlogin #weakspaswords #passwordgroping #cybercrime

Over at LinkedIn, somebody posted the results of putting a Linux server with sshd exposted to the internet for 30 days recently.

In that particular area, not much seems to have changed since the early years of this century when the events chronicled here https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html (or if you prefer Big G's trackers, https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html) occurred.

#ssh #passwordguessing #rootlogin #weakspaswords #passwordgroping #cybercrime

Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

On a similar note, idle minds might wonder what "luax" is - log excerpt https://nxdomain.no/~peter/who_or_what_is_luax.txt #luax #ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #cybercrime #security #bots

On a similar note, idle minds might wonder what "luax" is - log excerpt https://nxdomain.no/~peter/who_or_what_is_luax.txt #luax #ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #cybercrime #security #bots

On a similar note, idle minds might wonder what "luax" is - log excerpt https://nxdomain.no/~peter/who_or_what_is_luax.txt #luax #ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #cybercrime #security #bots

On a similar note, idle minds might wonder what "luax" is - log excerpt https://nxdomain.no/~peter/who_or_what_is_luax.txt #luax #ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #cybercrime #security #bots

On a similar note, idle minds might wonder what "luax" is - log excerpt https://nxdomain.no/~peter/who_or_what_is_luax.txt #luax #ssh #sshgropers #passwordgroping #passwordguessing #cybercrime #security #bots

just got to love these:

Oct 4 00:04:31 portal sshd-session[37449]: Failed password for invalid user { from 114.111.54.188 port 49944 ssh2

#ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #cybercrime #bots

just got to love these:

Oct 4 00:04:31 portal sshd-session[37449]: Failed password for invalid user { from 114.111.54.188 port 49944 ssh2

#ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #cybercrime #bots

just got to love these:

Oct 4 00:04:31 portal sshd-session[37449]: Failed password for invalid user { from 114.111.54.188 port 49944 ssh2

#ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #cybercrime #bots

just got to love these:

Oct 4 00:04:31 portal sshd-session[37449]: Failed password for invalid user { from 114.111.54.188 port 49944 ssh2

#ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #cybercrime #bots

just got to love these:

Oct 4 00:04:31 portal sshd-session[37449]: Failed password for invalid user { from 114.111.54.188 port 49944 ssh2

#ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #cybercrime #bots

It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

It's now been a week since my population of spamtraps rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. Here is the retrospective:

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime @nostarch

It's now been a week since my population of spamtraps rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. Here is the retrospective:

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime @nostarch

Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

Happy

'Logging in as users
"<"
and
">
day'

to all who celebrate!

Aug 11 12:48:53 freebeast sshd-session[32113]: Invalid user "<" from 46.246.3.247 port 36834
Aug 11 11:57:32 freebeast sshd-session[88]: Invalid user "> from 46.246.3.247 port 8731

#ssh #passwordgropers #cybercrime #passwordguessing #passwords #security

Happy

'Logging in as users
"<"
and
">
day'

to all who celebrate!

Aug 11 12:48:53 freebeast sshd-session[32113]: Invalid user "<" from 46.246.3.247 port 36834
Aug 11 11:57:32 freebeast sshd-session[88]: Invalid user "> from 46.246.3.247 port 8731

#ssh #passwordgropers #cybercrime #passwordguessing #passwords #security