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78.66.57.79 has been reported 56
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78.66.57.79 is one of many (potentially hijacked) hosts in a botnet. This attack is a large scale in ...
show more78.66.57.79 is one of many (potentially hijacked) hosts in a botnet. This attack is a large scale industrial operation attempting unrelenting brute-force login attempts for months on end - between all CIDR ranges in the botnet, our servers receive over 800 authentication attempts per minute on smtp, imap and relative mail ports, as well as ssh, and other protocols.
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- IP 78.66.57.79
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SSH honeypot detection (Endlessh tarpit, port 22). 1 probe(s) sustained for 0m total hold time. Cons ...
show moreSSH honeypot detection (Endlessh tarpit, port 22). 1 probe(s) sustained for 0m total hold time. Consistent with automated SSH scanning/brute-force. Reported by dotnetdork.dev security honeypot.
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2026-05-31T21:55:27.736422+02:00 meow sshd[3168168]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded ...
show more2026-05-31T21:55:27.736422+02:00 meow sshd[3168168]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 33244 ssh2 [preauth]
2026-05-31T21:55:28.706128+02:00 meow sshd[3168176]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 33398 ssh2 [preauth]
2026-05-31T21:55:29.883674+02:00 meow sshd[3168178]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 33612 ssh2 [preauth]
2026-05-31T21:55:31.549561+02:00 meow sshd[3168182]: Invalid user admin from 78.66.57.79 port 34036
2026-05-31T21:55:31.698039+02:00 meow sshd[3168182]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for invalid user admin from 78.66.57.79 port 34036 ssh2 [preauth]
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2026-05-31T22:54:57.255693 server8.ohost.bg sshd[3202987]: Failed password for root from 78.66.57.79 ...
show more2026-05-31T22:54:57.255693 server8.ohost.bg sshd[3202987]: Failed password for root from 78.66.57.79 port 52660 ssh2
2026-05-31T22:55:00.314752 server8.ohost.bg sshd[3202987]: Failed password for root from 78.66.57.79 port 52660 ssh2
2026-05-31T22:55:03.813728 server8.ohost.bg sshd[3202987]: Failed password for root from 78.66.57.79 port 52660 ssh2
2026-05-31T22:55:05.980721 server8.ohost.bg sshd[3202987]: Failed password for root from 78.66.57.79 port 52660 ssh2
2026-05-31T22:55:07.834728 server8.ohost.bg sshd[3202987]: Failed password for root from 78.66.57.79 port 52660 ssh2
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2026-05-31 18:22:53 UTC Unauthorized activity to TCP port 22. SSH
SSH
Anonymous
2026-05-31T18:08:01.042465+00:00 nbg01-02-secure sshd[198925]: error: maximum authentication attempt ...
show more2026-05-31T18:08:01.042465+00:00 nbg01-02-secure sshd[198925]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 56890 ssh2 [preauth]
2026-05-31T18:08:01.678070+00:00 nbg01-02-secure sshd[198927]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=78.66.57.79 user=root
2026-05-31T18:08:03.593285+00:00 nbg01-02-secure sshd[198927]: Failed password for root from 78.66.57.79 port 60872 ssh2
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Automated SSH brute-force attack detected. The IP repeatedly attempted to authenticate to port 22 us ...
show moreAutomated SSH brute-force attack detected. The IP repeatedly attempted to authenticate to port 22 using multiple usernames and password guesses within a short timeframe.
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2026-06-01T01:56:28.882228+08:00 netcup-nue-1 sshd[42873]: error: maximum authentication attempts ex ...
show more2026-06-01T01:56:28.882228+08:00 netcup-nue-1 sshd[42873]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 37072 ssh2 [preauth]
2026-06-01T01:56:29.655262+08:00 netcup-nue-1 sshd[42875]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 37222 ssh2 [preauth]
2026-06-01T01:56:30.656461+08:00 netcup-nue-1 sshd[42885]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 37352 ssh2 [preauth]
2026-06-01T01:56:32.257187+08:00 netcup-nue-1 sshd[42907]: Invalid user admin from 78.66.57.79 port 37732
2026-06-01T01:56:32.449185+08:00 netcup-nue-1 sshd[42907]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for invalid user admin from 78.66.57.79 port 37732 ssh2 [preauth]
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May 31 16:38:14 gibson-app sshd[774817]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root fr ...
show moreMay 31 16:38:14 gibson-app sshd[774817]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 54704 ssh2 [preauth]
May 31 16:38:16 gibson-app sshd[774819]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 55092 ssh2 [preauth]
May 31 16:38:18 gibson-app sshd[774821]: error: maximum authentication attempts exceeded for root from 78.66.57.79 port 55352 ssh2 [preauth]
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