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Hit 1,000 breaches catalogued in my home lab, and 3 patterns jumped out | Cybersecurity Tips - Babble Community

Hit 1,000 breaches catalogued in my home lab, and 3 patterns jumped out

I've been running a small honeypot setup out of my spare bedroom for about two years now, logging every attempted intrusion I can catch. Last Tuesday I crossed 1,000 recorded breach attempts, which felt like a solid milestone for a hobby project. What surprised me most was that 37% of them were brute force attempts on my SSH port using the same handful of common passwords, things like admin, 123456, and password. Another 22% were old Windows exploits from 2017 that still get tried constantly, which tells me attackers don't care about fancy tricks, they just go for easy targets. The rest were a mix of SQL injection tries on a dummy web server I run just for this, and some weird IoT bot traffic. It really drove home that patching basics and using strong, unique passwords probably stop most attacks before they even start. Has anyone else run a honeypot and noticed a specific attack they didn't expect to see so often?

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joel_hall1715d ago

I used to think real attacks were these super clever, custom-crafted things that took skill and planning. But watching 1,000 hits roll in really changed my view on that. Seeing the same five weak passwords hammering my SSH port over and over, it’s honestly basic. It made me realize the biggest risk for most people isn’t some genius hacker, it’s just leaving the door unlocked. I figured attackers would at least try different tricks, but no, they’re basically fishing with the same rusty hooks. That stat about old Windows exploits from 2017 stuck with me too. It tells me that patching really is the boring but real shield, and most of the noise out there is just lazy scanning for easy wins. I’m not saying fancy attacks don’t happen, but for the average person, a strong password and updates probably stop 90% of the garbage before it starts.

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