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RE: [Full-disclosure] repeated port 21 attempts
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- Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] repeated port 21 attempts
- From: "Ken Dunham" <dunhamk@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:42:43 -0600
>> I'm getting port 21 connection attempts every 5 minutes from about
> half a dozen of my network users. These attempts are repeating
> regularly with one computer sending out 1500+ attempts a day. I have
> not seen this before and I'm wondering if anyone else here has seen a
client behave this way before?
Hi,
Sounds like FTP and SSH attacks that are opportunistically launched by
Romanian attackers to date, simple brute force and a few other hacking
exploits. It's a consistent issue we've seen globally for many months now.
Cheers,
Ken
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