Large Number of Failed Login Attempts from IP

[piyushurbane]

Hii,

I use a small VPS for my webhosting requirement and i got it activated today and have whm installed in it.. I noticed that my spam folder has several such emails which i have received after activating my VPS account..

Is there anything to be taken care of? or something which i have forgot to enable/disable?? Please suggest...


5 failed login attempts to account root (system) -- Large number of attempts from this IP: - Removed -
Origin Country: China (CN)

Please use the following links to add to the black list:

Single IP: - Removed -
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/16: - Removed -



Please use the following links to add to the white list:

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Regards

P

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

There are bots that scan IP ranges for open services in order to utilize a brute-force attack to guess the correct password. This is a common practice. It's important to install a firewall management utility such as CSF and enable cPHulk brute force detection to help prevent these types of attacks. In addition, you may want to setup SSH to run on a different port, as often times only port 22 is checked for SSH.

Thank you.