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[ale] 300,000 failed login attempts in 6 months!!!
- Subject: [ale] 300,000 failed login attempts in 6 months!!!
- From: brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:30:51 -0400
- In-reply-to: <1219184504.27794.2.camel@zest>
- References: <003301c90200$e959c5c0$0301000a@S0030153310> <[email protected]> <1219182293.25674.0.camel@zest> <[email protected]> <1219184504.27794.2.camel@zest>
Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Are they that easily fooled, or do they just think that a few seconds is
> too much time to waste on scanning?
My speculation was that if the admin has changed the port, they no
longer care about attacking it. Targeting the low-hanging fruit may be
more efficient.
-Brian