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> Then came the weirdness: bursts of Tor traffic, spammy signups I have a small hobby site - maybe a few hundred real users ever, and a handful of regulars. Bu
by midhir 1y ago
> Then came the weirdness: bursts of Tor traffic, spammy signups
I have a small hobby site - maybe a few hundred real users ever, and a handful of regulars. But the logs and users table are full of brute force and lousy sql injection attempts.
Why does this happen? How is it economical?
- j45 1y agoThey are automated bots, it's economical when it's automated. Often, they have databases of technologies, see what they come across and try a bunch of things that have worked, or try to look at the version of the software on your server and try just that.
- ACCount37 1y agoAutomated attacks, running on botnets or other breached servers. Spraying 1-in-100000 chance attacks is very economical if you don't pay for compute or traffic.
- bravesoul2 1y agoPut a challenge in. A shitty hidden field honeytrap challenge can massively reduce this without needing to present people with a puzzle.
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoIt's economical because the compute and bandwidth come from devices infected with malware.