Fail2Ban to the rescue! ;-)
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Lyall via mailop" <mailop@mailop.org> To: mailop@mailop.org Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 8:41:27 PM Subject: [mailop] Gangs scanning mailboxes for quick cash So this is what those IMAP logins attempts are for, gangs are looking for gift cards and rewards they can turn into cash. "this criminal group averages between five and ten million email authentication attempts daily, and comes away with anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 of working inbox credentials. " Article Suggests that email hosters should keep an eye on search logs to find compromised accounts. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/gift-card-gang-extracts-cash-from-100k-inboxes-daily/ -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
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