The amount of hacking activity on the Internet has been revealed after one company set up an anonymous 'dummy test' server--and found it was maliciously attacked 467 times within 24 hours of being installed.
Take a look at Hydra, an embedded server, and see if there is any truth to its "hacker-proof" claims.
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The amount of hacking activity on the Internet has been revealed after one company set up an anonymous 'dummy test' server--and found it was maliciously attacked 467 times within 24 hours of being installed.
Take a look at Hydra, an embedded server, and see if there is any truth to its "hacker-proof" claims.
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