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Topic: Those pesky Russians (Read 1355 times)

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October 11, 2012, 02:10:57 PM
#11
My site is not about bitcoins but it's constantly scanned by the chinese. It's the Internet.

Like I said, I'm not new to having a site scanned for vulnerabilities. 

Usually though I don't see anything like that until after launch and the site starts getting some traffic.  As it is now, the only traffic on the site is from a couple russian IPs.
legendary
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Newbie
October 11, 2012, 02:00:41 PM
#10
My site is not about bitcoins but it's constantly scanned by the chinese. It's the Internet.
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Activity: 121
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October 11, 2012, 01:48:18 PM
#9
Who cares if you are not vulnerable? I'm also constantly scanned and I don't even care. The bitcoins you might have on server are the ultimate prize everyone is after.

I don't really care, and to be honest, the extra traffic and logs have been quite useful in debugging before launch.

I just found it interesting. 
legendary
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Merit: 1049
Death to enemies!
October 11, 2012, 01:39:17 PM
#8
Who cares if you are not vulnerable? I'm also constantly scanned and I don't even care. The bitcoins you might have on server are the ultimate prize everyone is after.
legendary
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Merit: 1003
October 11, 2012, 01:22:19 PM
#7
It's trivial to filter through a list of newly registered website that contain the word "bitcoin" or "btc"
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October 11, 2012, 01:12:06 PM
#6
I have plenty of live websites.  I've never been targeted this quickly.

Any IP that responds to port 8333 becomes a target.

The only ports I have open are 80 and 443.

I'm guessing that Phinnaeus Gage was right that it was targeted from the domain name.
legendary
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October 11, 2012, 12:56:06 PM
#5
I have plenty of live websites.  I've never been targeted this quickly.

Any IP that responds to port 8333 becomes a target.
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October 11, 2012, 11:11:00 AM
#4
happens all the to any website ....
it's not just Russia...
as soon as your on the web - bang - in come the bots

I have plenty of live websites.  I've never been targeted this quickly.
legendary
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Merit: 1570
Bitcoin: An Idea Worth Spending
October 11, 2012, 11:08:29 AM
#3
I have been working on a bitcoin related site that I haven't publicly announced or posted about anywhere.  Somehow, it's already been found by someone in Russia who is already trying to hack into it.

Fun.

Is it possibly that you had the word bitcoin in the domain name?
hero member
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Bite me
October 11, 2012, 10:59:56 AM
#2
happens all the to any website ....
it's not just Russia...
as soon as your on the web - bang - in come the bots
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Activity: 121
Merit: 102
October 11, 2012, 10:57:53 AM
#1
I have been working on a bitcoin related site that I haven't publicly announced or posted about anywhere.  Somehow, it's already been found by someone in Russia who is already trying to hack into it.

Fun.
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