May 31, 2007
There has been a significant uptake in ssh scanning of hosts in the Case networks. A number of ssh brute-force attacks have also occurred in various campus areas over the past few months.
Users with unix/linux/MacOS systems are advised to assure that host firewalls or TCP wrappers permit ssh sessions only from known hosts, and that local accounts have strong passwords/credentials in order to resist this type of attack.
Posted by Thomas Siu at 08:10 AM
