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Linux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by SJSmith to c/technology
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[–] linearchaos 17 points 10 months ago

A million attacks a day have done this for the past 20 years. ssh + bad password is so old it can drink in the US.

ssh-keygen is your friend, pretty much no reason not to use it.