[untrothy]

I changed my port from 22 to a higher one and the user attempts are completely gone.

Only nuisance is that the higher ports may be blocked, for example my uni blocks my new ssh port so I can't connect to the vps when I'm on campus.

[cheese1756]

If you don't host any https websites on the VPS, using 443 will almost always get past port blocking.

[btgeekboy]

Or just use both :) https://dgl.cx/2010/01/haproxy-ssh-and-ssl-on-same-port

[lshevtsov]

Another choice is port 8080.