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  Telnet Login Failed (incorrect)

Category: INFO      

This signature indicates an invalid Telnet login. Typically, this event is not an attack. A user might be mistyping their password, or may have forgotten it. This event also could be interpreted as an attacker trying to guess a username/password combination if such an event is seen frequently. A brute force style dictionary technique is an example of such password guessing activity that would repeatedly trigger this event.

References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet


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