i wrote this to frank directly but the wider group may find it of
interest. the attack origins are not limited to one geopolitical region:
........
hi frank -
i saw this came up last month on my logs and it was noted on the NetSec
list, which fwd'd the EDUCAUSE Security list msgs:
http://listserv.educause.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0408&L=security&T=0&F=&S=&P=11857
http://listserv.educause.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0408&L=security&T=0&F=&S=&P=19493
hope this helps -robert
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Huijsmans, JCM (Jan) wrote:
On examining /var/log/secure for several firewalls I manage
remotely using
ssh I have observed a recurrent pattern of probing over the
last several
that attempts to connect using user id's in the following order...
test / guest / admin / admin / user / test
We are seeing the same on 1 of the systems of my private company, coming from
several systems from the former eastern europe. (mostly 80.x.x.x) In our set
of users they try are also the user root and an attempt without a user
(NO_USER or something like that, I don't have access to the logs right now)
However I am wondering if anyone has characterised the probe and/or
performed a risk assessment/analysis? The rate of probes is
very low so I don't think there is a DOS attack just yet!
Not yet, but on our system we're see a probe pop up every 2-3 hours. (started
with 1 every 2-3 days)
Is it worth reporting the behaviour to the net block
assignees in case they
aren't aware their server might be compromised?
I think we should at least compare the ip blocks off list to see if there are
similarities.
Jan Huijsmans
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