Akamai SshDown Document (pdf link) - ssh, security, and the Internet of Things

[sfx2000]

Interesting write up and analysis, including some steps to mitigate risk on OpenSSH (and perhaps Dropbear as well)

https://www.akamai.com/uk/en/multim...for-launching-mass-scale-attack-campaigns.pdf

 

[RMerlin]

(long write up)

Lemme sum it up in one sentence:

Do not use default username/passwords on ANY network device.