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Six Ways a Russian Hacker Attacked My Website
- AndrewStephens 7y agoThe most interesting thing about this article is the discovery of the open FTP server that the hacker was using to verify the attack. I imagine the hacker doesn't own this server either but has compromised it earlier. But anyone who has runs a site knows that attacks like this happen all the time. I own a small low-value static site that gets about 50 legitimate hits on a good day and the logs reveal that I get attacked several times an hour by automatic exploit scanners. It is just constant and doesn't even include the SSH attacks. Anything on the internet is going to be targeted - no site is too small or obscure.
- rjyoungling 7y agoThat's interesting. Fascinating that this is such a problem. I was watching a video of George Hotz about comma.ai tech where he was essentially saying that no one will bother hacking into your car if it's self-driving. Makes me wonder if that's actually the case. Probably depends on the difficulty but this is above my paygrade.
- ColinWright 7y agoWhy have you linked to the comments rather than the article? Is there a reason?
- notlukesky 7y agoMaybe he wanted the explanation for point number 6?
- rjyoungling 7y agoOh darn.. Yes, the reason is I'm a fruitloop! Sorry about that!
- ColinWright 7y agoEasily done. I always double check the URL after submitting, just in case it's not what I intended. But easily done ...