Another new Let's Encrypt-secured website, another case of getting 82 hacking attempts in the first 30 seconds after it came online for the first time ever.

Do. Not. Kid. Yourself. "Oh, I'll delete the config files once I get it working." "Eh, I'm just some nobody. Who's going to care?" Yeah, I'll tell you who: people who watch for new sites come online and then immediately slam them with hacking probes.

"I'll get to it soon" means you better do it within 3 seconds.

https://honeypot.net/2024/05/16/i-am-not.html

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I am not exaggerating this: I created a new hostname in DNS, …

@tek Funny thing is it aint even people, it's just bots that will hammer any new site that pops up with a predefined script to run the nmap ssh-brute script and some wordpress exploits.