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
Eight days after Copy Fail shook the Linux server world, another critical vulnerability has arrived — and this one also hands root access to anyone who can run code on your server. It is called “Dirty Frag”. It was publicly disclosed on May 7, 2026. A working exploit already exists. And if your server has […]
yes, friends, this happened:
Apr 18 11:42:19 byteheap sshd-session[51555]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user mymagicpass228 from 178.20.210.185 port 10858 ssh2
#ssh #passwordguessers #passwordgropers #sshgropers #cybercrime #morons #groperbots #scriptkiddies
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)
Ehm, nobody asking the real question of "why was this 'attack' even possible?" after all it was already known and therefore none of the nodes should have accepted these malicious transactions/blocks to begin with.
How many other known attacks (still) work against #cardano? Is now the question a lot of people will have.
Lets see how many #scriptkiddies will find interest in that project now.
Going to be fun watching :)
Peter N. M. Hansteen
Colin Macleod
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Bob Carver
Klaus Frank
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