I manage a Linode for someone else, and based on a finding in one of the daily logwatch reports, I noticed the following in auth.log:
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Sep 22 12:09:53 localhost sshd[27408]: Invalid user globus from 97.107.135.77
Sep 22 12:09:53 localhost sshd[27408]: (pam_unix) check pass; user unknown
Sep 22 12:09:53 localhost sshd[27408]: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=li65-77.members.linode.com
Sep 22 12:09:55 localhost sshd[27408]: Failed password for invalid user globus from 97.107.135.77 port 59198 ssh2
Sep 22 12:11:21 localhost sshd[27410]: Invalid user cadi from 97.107.135.77
Sep 22 12:11:21 localhost sshd[27410]: (pam_unix) check pass; user unknown
Sep 22 12:11:21 localhost sshd[27410]: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=li65-77.members.linode.com
Sep 22 12:11:22 localhost sshd[27410]: Failed password for invalid user cadi from 97.107.135.77 port 44401 ssh2
Sep 22 12:11:22 localhost sshd[27412]: Invalid user cady from 97.107.135.77
Sep 22 12:11:22 localhost sshd[27412]: (pam_unix) check pass; user unknown
Sep 22 12:11:23 localhost sshd[27412]: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=li65-77.members.linode.com
Sep 22 12:11:25 localhost sshd[27412]: Failed password for invalid user cady from 97.107.135.77 port 45549 ssh2
To the person who has that IP address: Please check your system for trojans, hackers, etc.
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