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W07VH5
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I got an alert last night telling me that someone in Ukraine (or just as likely someone using an IP from Ukraine) really wants into my website.

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Firewall has blocked 273 attacks over the last 10 minutes.
I mostly let it handle blocking without sending emails every time because it's usually 30 a day but this one was big enough that the alert came through.

What is the possible draw? I don't get it. There's nothing to gain. I've added Ukraine to my blocked country list.
 
Posts: 45775 | Location: Pennsyltucky | Registered: December 05, 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Any machine they can hack into has potential. They don't know what they will find, they just want to explore the potential goodies they can steal, or just plant some ransom ware to try to make money.



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Posts: 16759 | Location: Under the Boot of Tyranny in Connectistan | Registered: February 02, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Wait, what?
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Could be nothing more than trying to install ransomware so you have to pay to get it back up and running. You’re probably just one person on a long list the perp is running.




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Posts: 16022 | Location: Martinsburg WV | Registered: April 02, 2011Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Any chance you're good enough to write code that immediately counter attacks? "Hi I'm Czar Nicholas's great nephew..."

'Cuz that would be worth the popcorn Big Grin
 
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W07VH5
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Originally posted by apprentice:
Any chance you're good enough to write code that immediately counter attacks? "Hi I'm Czar Nicholas's great nephew..."

'Cuz that would be worth the popcorn Big Grin
I kind of want to make a fake login page that keeps them occupied for a while by letting them in to a fake backend.
 
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quote:
Originally posted by mark123:
I kind of want to make a fake login page that keeps them occupied for a while by letting them in to a fake backend.


Like a honeypot.

Regardless of viewpoints of enticement or entrapment, it will provide a better scope of the attack vector and actors interested.

Then again, do you really want to draw more attention?

What does your web hosting provider reveal to you in the web site audit/activity logs?
Are they actively monitoring?

All part of today's web page activities ... Smile



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W07VH5
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Originally posted by cjevans:
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Originally posted by mark123:
I kind of want to make a fake login page that keeps them occupied for a while by letting them in to a fake backend.

Like a honeypot.
yeah, but I'm not going to program it, I'll just make a login that goes to Yandex or something.
 
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have it go to the FBI Cybercrimes Home page... Slugheads!
 
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