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Can a SSH Honeypot Be Used to Attract Attackers and Improve Security?

An application that creates a sandbox-like environment to trap attackers is called a honeypot The Kippo application runs on Port 2222 by default and mimics a real SSH server. After the first 24 hours of the honeypot being operational, it became clear that the attacks were clearly scripted and that no attack was successful since the password was too strong. The top five most-attempted combinations by the attack scripts were the following: root/admin root/passw0rd.”]

Source: https://securityintelligence.com/can-a-ssh-honeypot-be-used-to-attract-attackers-and-improve-security/

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