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Linux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 141 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This is just an attack that attempts common username/password combinations on ssh, and the article even states that the worm is dime-a-dozen. Unless you have both password auth enabled and an available account with an easily guessable password (and if you have either you should change that), this is nothing to worry about, even with sshd available to the internet.

Sensationalist title.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thank you, spared me from giving attention to an unworthy article

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

savedusaclick

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Hell, even having a lax fail2ban stops these attacks.

[–] knobbysideup 9 points 10 months ago

Prevention, as always, is much easier than a cure.