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_HELP_ME_ESCAPE_FROM_BELARUS_PLEASE_ [Guest Diary], (Tue, Jul 7th)

ID: 833dda86-6e26-5608-aa52-e6011f683742

STIX ID: report--833dda86-6e26-5608-aa52-e6011f683742

Feed Name: SANS ISC Diary

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2026-07-09

Date Updated: 2026-08-06

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A SANS/ISC honeypot observed a globally-distributed scanning bot that sends an unusual help-message URI and performs SSH brute-force attempts using common default credentials; the bot's author claims it is a non-persistent, autonomous "performance" scanner from Belarus but analysts should treat it as an untrusted credential-guessing scanner and remediate exposed SSH services.

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