Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT Linux Malware

Ethan via vcf-midatlantic writes:

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My signature is "approximately" true. I got tired of seeing "this email > free of > malware because I run such-and-so anti-virus program". Bill Dudley

Brute force attempts to log into Linux hosts by SSH isn't exactly malware though? It's not like a graphical or script ad delivered via a commercial ad network on a web page that exploits vulnerabilities in a browser.

First, the attempts were not on a Linux box but from a Linux box.

You can easily free yourself from the SSH attempts by moving sshd to a different port if you must leave it open to the entire internet. Also turning off interactive (password) based logins can help.

I have ssh running on a different -- not port 22 -- port.