13 Jul
2012
13 Jul
'12
5:47 a.m.
Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
Oh, I wouldn't be so sure. Many security breakins are not only not very intelligent but in fact are run by completely automated (and necessarily single-minded) processes.
They are. I've even had such scripts probe the same port on my machine for days despite the "port unreachable" replies. That isn't very intelligent, but as they're very likely to be attacking from stolen resources (compromised Windows machines) the crackers just don't care even if they're smart enough to know.