Seriously? More Shit to Deal With.

Right, so some “researchers” (read: people who get paid to state the obvious) noticed a spike in remote code execution (RCE) exploits targeting Erlang/OTP SSH servers. Big fucking surprise. Apparently, 70% of these attacks are going after Operational Technology (OT) firewalls – meaning critical infrastructure is getting hammered. Because *of course* it is.

The vulnerability? A weakness in the `ssh` module within Erlang/OTP. Exploits are leveraging this to gain control, steal data, and generally cause chaos. They’re seeing a lot of brute-force attempts, and some clever bastards are using known credentials from previous breaches – you know, the ones everyone ignores until it’s too late.

The worst part? This isn’t new. Patches have been available for ages, but people *still* aren’t updating their systems. I swear, some admins just want to be hacked at this point. They’re using a tool called ‘Scout Suite’ to find these vulnerable servers, and it’s finding…a lot of them. Like, an embarrassing amount.

So yeah, update your Erlang/OTP if you’re running SSH. And for the love of all that is holy, change your default credentials. Don’t be a moron. I’m not going to hold your hand through this.

Link: https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/researchers-spot-surge-in-erlangotp-ssh.html

Anecdote: I once had to clean up a system where the admin was using “password” as, you guessed it, the password for *everything*. Root account? Password. Database? Password. SSH? You bet your ass, password. I spent three days rebuilding that entire network from scratch and seriously considered just letting the whole thing burn down. It would have been less stressful.

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