Date Author Title

SSH WORM

2026-02-11Guy BruneauFour Seconds to Botnet - Analyzing a Self Propagating SSH Worm with Cryptographically Signed C2 [Guest Diary]

SSH

2026-02-11/a>Guy BruneauFour Seconds to Botnet - Analyzing a Self Propagating SSH Worm with Cryptographically Signed C2 [Guest Diary]
2025-07-06/a>Johannes UllrichA few interesting and notable ssh/telnet usernames
2025-06-13/a>Jesse La Grew[Guest Diary] Anatomy of a Linux SSH Honeypot Attack: Detailed Analysis of Captured Malware
2025-06-02/a>Xavier MertensSimple SSH Backdoor
2025-05-27/a>Johannes UllrichSecuring Your SSH authorized_keys File
2025-05-22/a>Johannes UllrichResilient Secure Backup Connectivity for SMB/Home Users
2025-05-08/a>Xavier MertensNo Internet Access? SSH to the Rescue!
2025-04-06/a>Johannes UllrichNew SSH Username Report
2024-12-24/a>Xavier MertensMore SSH Fun!
2024-12-20/a>Xavier MertensChristmas "Gift" Delivered Through SSH
2024-10-16/a>Johannes UllrichThe Top 10 Not So Common SSH Usernames and Passwords
2024-10-07/a>Xavier MertensmacOS Sequoia: System/Network Admins, Hold On!
2024-07-23/a>Johannes UllrichNew Exploit Variation Against D-Link NAS Devices (CVE-2024-3273)
2024-07-01/a>Johannes UllrichSSH "regreSSHion" Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in OpenSSH.
2024-04-01/a>Bojan ZdrnjaThe amazingly scary xz sshd backdoor
2024-01-02/a>Johannes UllrichFingerprinting SSH Identification Strings
2022-12-03/a>Guy BruneauLinux LOLBins Applications Available in Windows
2022-07-23/a>Guy BruneauAnalysis of SSH Honeypot Data with PowerBI
2022-02-01/a>Xavier MertensAutomation is Nice But Don't Replace Your Knowledge
2022-01-16/a>Guy Bruneau10 Most Popular Targeted Ports in the Past 3 Weeks
2021-11-08/a>Xavier Mertens(Ab)Using Security Tools & Controls for the Bad
2021-10-14/a>Xavier MertensPort-Forwarding with Windows for the Win
2020-07-21/a>Jan KoprivaCouple of interesting Covid-19 related stats
2020-03-02/a>Jan KoprivaSecure vs. cleartext protocols - couple of interesting stats
2019-03-09/a>Guy BruneauA Comparison Study of SSH Port Activity - TCP 22 & 2222
2018-11-07/a>Bojan ZdrnjaTunneling scanners (or really anything) over SSH
2018-08-20/a>Didier StevensOpenSSH user enumeration (CVE-2018-15473)
2018-01-07/a>Guy BruneauSSH Scans by Clients Types
2017-11-01/a>Rob VandenBrinkSecuring SSH Services - Go Blue Team!!
2016-03-15/a>Xavier MertensDockerized DShield SSH Honeypot
2016-03-13/a>Xavier MertensSSH Honeypots (Ab)used as Proxy
2016-01-21/a>Jim ClausingScanning for Fortinet ssh backdoor
2015-06-23/a>Kevin ShorttXOR DDOS Mitigation and Analysis
2015-04-03/a>Didier StevensSSH Fingerprints Are Important
2014-07-23/a>Johannes UllrichNew Feature: "Live" SSH Brute Force Logs and New Kippo Client
2014-07-02/a>Johannes UllrichCisco Unified Communications Domain Manager Update
2014-06-11/a>Daniel WesemannGimme your keys!
2014-01-20/a>Rob VandenBrinkYou Can Run, but You Can't Hide (SSH and other open services)
2013-12-20/a>Daniel Wesemannauthorized key lime pie
2013-12-02/a>Richard PorterReports of higher than normal SSH Attacks
2013-11-11/a>Johannes UllrichOpenSSH Vulnerability
2013-10-10/a>Mark HofmanCSAM Some more unusual scans
2013-06-23/a>Kevin ListonIs SSH no more secure than telnet?
2013-02-21/a>Bojan ZdrnjaSSHD rootkit in the wild
2013-01-26/a>Scott FendleyBlocking SSH to Limit Security Exposures
2012-12-27/a>John BambenekIt's 3pm 2 days after Christmas, do you know where your unmanaged SSH keys are?
2012-12-16/a>Tony CarothersSSH Brute Force on Non-Standard Ports
2012-12-03/a>Kevin ListonRecent SSH vulnerabilities
2012-06-12/a>Swa FrantzenF5 ssh configuration goof
2011-12-04/a>Guy BruneauSSH Password Brute Forcing may be on the Rise
2011-11-06/a>Tom ListonNew, odd SSH brute force behavior
2011-09-15/a>Johannes UllrichSSH Vandals?
2011-08-02/a>Mark HofmanSSH Brute Force attacks
2011-07-31/a>Daniel WesemannAnatomy of a Unix breach
2011-07-17/a>Mark HofmanSSH Brute Force
2011-03-07/a>Johannes UllrichOutbound SSH Traffic from HP Virtual Connect Blades
2011-02-05/a>Guy BruneauOpenSSH Legacy Certificate Information Disclosure Vulnerability
2010-09-07/a>Bojan ZdrnjaSSH password authentication insight and analysis by DRG
2010-08-10/a>Daniel WesemannProtect your privates!
2010-08-10/a>Daniel WesemannSSH - new brute force tool?
2010-06-18/a>Adrien de BeaupreDistributed SSH Brute Force Attempts on the rise again
2010-06-18/a>Tom ListonIMPORTANT INFORMATION: Distributed SSH Brute Force Attacks
2010-01-18/a>Stephen HallUplift in SSH brute forcing attacks
2010-01-01/a>G. N. WhiteDealing With Unwanted SSH Bruteforcing
2009-10-17/a>Rick WannerCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 17 - Port 22/SSH
2009-10-02/a>Stephen HallNew version of OpenSSH released
2009-07-09/a>Bojan ZdrnjaOpenSSH 0day FUD
2009-07-07/a>Marcus SachsOpenSSH Rumors
2009-04-17/a>Daniel WesemannGuess what? SSH again!
2009-04-07/a>Johannes UllrichSSH scanning from compromised mail servers
2009-03-30/a>Daniel WesemannWatch your Internet routers!
2008-10-02/a>Kyle HaugsnessLow, slow, distributed SSH username brute forcing
2008-08-26/a>John BambenekActive attacks using stolen SSH keys (UPDATED)
2008-06-09/a>Scott FendleySo Where Are Those OpenSSH Key-based Attacks?
2008-05-16/a>Daniel WesemannINFOcon back to green
2008-05-15/a>Bojan ZdrnjaDebian and Ubuntu users: fix your keys/certificates NOW
2008-05-15/a>Bojan ZdrnjaINFOCon yellow: update your Debian generated keys/certs ASAP
2008-05-13/a>Swa FrantzenOpenSSH: Predictable PRNG in debian and ubuntu Linux
2008-05-12/a>Scott FendleyBrute-force SSH Attacks on the Rise
2006-10-03/a>Swa FrantzenDetecting attacks against servers

WORM

2026-02-11/a>Guy BruneauFour Seconds to Botnet - Analyzing a Self Propagating SSH Worm with Cryptographically Signed C2 [Guest Diary]
2026-02-04/a>Xavier MertensMalicious Script Delivering More Maliciousness
2025-02-19/a>Xavier MertensXWorm Cocktail: A Mix of PE data with PowerShell Code
2024-08-26/a>Xavier MertensFrom Highly Obfuscated Batch File to XWorm and Redline
2024-07-25/a>Xavier MertensXWorm Hidden With Process Hollowing
2020-11-13/a>Xavier MertensOld Worm But New Obfuscation Technique
2019-02-14/a>Xavier MertensOld H-Worm Delivered Through GitHub
2018-06-13/a>Remco VerhoefFrom Microtik with Love
2014-04-06/a>Basil Alawi S.Taher"Power Worm" PowerShell based Malware
2013-11-03/a>Jim ClausingWhat were you doing 25 years ago (yesterday)?
2013-10-30/a>Russ McReeSIR v15: Five good reasons to leave Windows XP behind
2012-12-03/a>John BambenekJohn McAfee Exposes His Location in Photo About His Being on Run
2012-11-29/a>Kevin ShorttNew Apple Security Update: APPLE-SA-2012-11-29-1 Apple TV 5.1.1
2012-11-28/a>Mark HofmanMcAfee releases extraDAT for W32/Autorun.worm.aaeb-h
2012-11-28/a>Mark HofmanNew version of wireshark is available (1.8.4), some security fixes included.
2012-11-27/a>Chris MohanCan users' phish emails be a security admin's catch of the day?
2012-11-26/a>John BambenekOnline Shopping for the Holidays? Tips, News and a Fair Warning
2012-11-20/a>John BambenekBehind the Random NTP Bizarreness of Incorrect Year Being Set
2012-11-20/a>John BambenekFirefox v 17.0 just released, more here: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0/releasenotes/
2012-11-19/a>John BambenekMoneyGram fined $100 million for aiding wire fraud - http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/11/moneygram-fined-100-million-for-wire-fraud/
2012-11-19/a>John BambenekNew Poll: Top 5 Unresolved Security Problems of 2012
2012-11-17/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezNew Sysinternal Updates: AdExplorer v1.44, Contig v1.7, Coreinfo v3.2, Procdump v5.1. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2012/11/16/updates-adexplorer-v1-44-contig-v1-7-coreinfo-v3-2-procdump-v5-1.aspx?Redirected=true
2012-11-12/a>John BambenekRequest for info: Robocall Phishing Against Local/Regional Banks
2012-11-09/a>Mark BaggettRemote Diagnostics with PSR
2012-11-09/a>Mark BaggettFresh batch of Microsoft patches next week
2012-11-07/a>Mark BaggettHelp eliminate unquoted path vulnerabilities
2012-11-07/a>Mark BaggettMultiple 0-Days Reported!
2012-11-07/a>Mark BaggettCisco TACACS+ Authentication Bypass
2012-11-05/a>Johannes UllrichReminder: Ongoing SMTP Brute Forcing Attacks
2012-11-05/a>Johannes UllrichPossible Fake-AV Ads from Doubleclick Servers
2012-11-04/a>Lorna HutchesonWhat's important on your network?
2012-10-31/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 31 - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
2012-10-30/a>Johannes UllrichHurricane Sandy Update
2012-10-30/a>Richard PorterSplunk 5.0 SP-CAAAHB4 http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAHB4
2012-10-28/a>Tony CarothersFirefox 16.02 Released
2012-10-26/a>Russ McReeCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 26 - Attackers use trusted domain to propagate Citadel Zeus variant
2012-10-25/a>Richard PorterCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 25 - Pro Audio & Video Packets on the Wire
2012-10-24/a>Russ McReeOngoing Windstream outage in the midwest - https://twitter.com/search?q=windstream
2012-10-21/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 22: Connectors
2012-10-21/a>Lorna HutchesonPotential Phish for Regular Webmail Accounts
2012-10-19/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 19: Standard log formats and CEE.
2012-10-18/a>Rob VandenBrinkCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 18 - Vendor Standards: The vSphere Hardening Guide
2012-10-17/a>Mark HofmanNew Acrobat release (including reader) available. Version 11. Some security improvements more here -->http://blogs.adobe.com/adobereader/
2012-10-16/a>Richard PorterCyberAwareness Month - Day 15, Standards Body Soup (pt2), Same Soup Different Cook.
2012-10-16/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 16: W3C and HTML
2012-10-14/a>Pedro BuenoCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 14 - Poor Man's File Analysis System - Part 1
2012-10-09/a>Johannes UllrichMicrosoft October 2012 Black Tuesday Update - Overview
2012-10-07/a>Tony CarothersCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 7 - Rollup Review of CSAM Week 1
2012-10-05/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month - Day 5: Standards Body Soup, So many Flavors in the bowl.
2012-10-05/a>Richard PorterVMWare Security Advisory: VMSA-2012-0014 - http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html
2012-10-05/a>Richard PorterReports of a Distributed Injection Scan
2012-10-04/a>Mark HofmanAnd the SHA-3 title goes to .....Keccak
2012-10-01/a>Johannes UllrichCyber Security Awareness Month
2012-09-28/a>Joel EslerAdobe certification revocation for October 4th
2012-09-26/a>Johannes UllrichSome Android phones can be reset to factory default by clicking on links
2012-09-26/a>Johannes UllrichMore Java Woes
2012-09-21/a>Johannes UllrichiOS 6 Security Roundup
2012-09-19/a>Russ McReeScript kiddie scavenging with Shellbot.S
2012-09-17/a>Rob VandenBrinkWhat's on your iPad?
2012-09-14/a>Lenny ZeltserScam Report - Fake Voice Mail Email Notification Redirects to Malicious Site
2012-09-13/a>Mark BaggettMicrosoft disrupts traffic associated with the Nitol botnet
2012-09-13/a>Mark BaggettMore SSL trouble
2012-09-10/a>Johannes UllrichMicrosoft Patch Tuesday Pre-Release
2012-09-10/a>Johannes UllrichGodaddy DDoS Attack
2012-09-06/a>Johannes UllrichSSL Requests sent to port 80 (request for help/input)
2012-09-04/a>Johannes UllrichAnother round of "Spot the Exploit E-Mail"
2012-09-02/a>Lorna HutchesonDemonstrating the value of your Intrusion Detection Program and Analysts
2012-08-30/a>Johannes UllrichEditorial: The Slumlord Approach to Network Security http://isc.sans.edu/j/editorial
2012-08-29/a>Johannes Ullrich"Data" URLs used for in-URL phishing
2012-08-27/a>Johannes UllrichThe Good, Bad and Ugly about Assigning IPv6 Addresses
2012-08-27/a>Johannes UllrichMalware Spam harvesting Facebook Information
2012-08-26/a>Lorna HutchesonWho ya gonna contact?
2012-08-20/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezDo we need test procedures in our companies before implementing Antivirus signatures?
2012-08-19/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezAuthentication Issues between entities during protocol message exchange in SCADA Systems
2012-08-12/a>Tony CarothersLayers of the Defense-in-Depth Onion
2012-08-12/a>Tony CarothersOracle Security Alert for CVE-2012-3132
2012-08-09/a>Mark HofmanZeus/Citadel variant causing issues in the Netherlands
2012-08-09/a>Mark HofmanSQL Injection Lilupophilupop style, Part 2
2012-08-07/a>Adrien de BeaupreWho protects small business?
2012-08-04/a>Kevin ListonVendors: More Patch-Release Options Please
2012-07-27/a>Daniel WesemannCuckoo 0.4 is out - cool new features for malware analysis http://www.cuckoosandbox.org/
2012-07-24/a>Richard PorterWireshark 1.8.1 Released http://www.wireshark.org/
2012-07-24/a>Richard PorterReport of spike in DNS Queries gd21.net
2012-07-20/a>Mark BaggettSyria Internet connection cut?
2012-07-19/a>Mark BaggettDiagnosing Malware with Resource Monitor
2012-07-19/a>Mark BaggettA Heap of Overflows?
2012-07-16/a>Richard PorterSysinternals Update @ http://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2012/07/16/updates-handle-v3-5-process-explorer-v15-22-process-monitor-v3-03-rammap-v1-21-zoomit-v4-3.aspx
2012-07-13/a>Richard PorterYesterday (not as on the ball as Rob) at SANSFire
2012-07-12/a>Rick WannerCisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch - http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctms
2012-07-12/a>Rick WannerCisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Recording Server - http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctrs
2012-07-12/a>Rick WannerCisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Immersive Endpoint Devices - http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-cts
2012-07-12/a>Rick WannerCisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Manager - http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120711-ctsman
2012-07-09/a>Johannes UllrichThe FBI will turn off the Internet on Monday (or not)
2012-07-09/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezInternet Storm Center panel tonight at SANSFIRE 2012!
2012-07-02/a>Joel EslerA rough guide to keeping your website up
2012-07-02/a>Joel EslerLinux & Java leap second bug
2012-06-29/a>Jim ClausingUpdated SysInternals tools - Autoruns, Process Explorer, Process Monitor, PSKill -- http://blogs.technet.com/b/sysinternals/archive/2012/06/28/updates-autoruns-v11-32-process-explorer-v15-21-process-monitor-v3-02-pskill-v1-15-rammap-v1-2.aspx
2012-06-21/a>Russ McReeWireshark 1.8.0 released 21 JUN 2012 http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
2012-06-19/a>Daniel Wesemann Vulnerabilityqueerprocessbrittleness
2011-11-18/a>Kevin ListonFujacks Variant Using ACH Lure
2011-01-20/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezPossible new Twitter worm
2010-06-14/a>Manuel Humberto Santander PelaezRogue facebook application acting like a worm
2009-11-08/a>Bojan ZdrnjaiPhone worm in the wild
2009-08-25/a>Bojan ZdrnjaFlash attack vectors (and worms)
2009-05-20/a>Pedro BuenoCyber Warfare and Kylin thoughts
2009-04-13/a>Bojan ZdrnjaTwitter worm copycats
2009-04-12/a>Patrick NolanTwitter Worm(s)
2008-07-04/a>Kevin ListonStorm Botnet Celebrates Birthday With Fireworks
2008-06-02/a>donald smithNew Stormworm download site
2008-04-03/a>Bojan ZdrnjaVB detection: is it so difficult?
2006-12-18/a>Toby KohlenbergSkype worm