yeah...I checked it out...things seem to be ok...  had me worried for a 
second.  I just switched to CFDynamics because HMS wouldn't match the 
price....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: help!!


> it takes 5 minutes to fix it up... and email support... they are
> quick/good about getting to stuff for me so far.  (not to mention i
> sent them a LARGE basket of goodies!!)
>
> tw
>
>
>
> On 9/8/05, Matthew Blatchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> So your new dedicated came from CFdynamics?  That sucks...so now I have 
>> to
>> make sure too...damn it.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: help!!
>>
>>
>> > thanks kev.  as you can imagine, i had a fun night, looking over the
>> > whole box, it appears this was all through that ftp client, the files
>> > have been whacked, the box has been cleaned, and re-doing it is just
>> > not an option, but i think im good right now, and i have the guys at
>> > the host doing a big once over today too...
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > tony
>> >
>> > On 9/8/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> This is a really old attack. As you're finding out, they scan for ftp
>> >> servers that allow anonymous connections then use them as a 
>> >> distributed
>> >> file
>> >> sharing system for warez. In your case, for the medal of honor game. 
>> >> When
>> >> they find some open storage space, they write a long string of 
>> >> directory
>> >> structures and put segmented files onto your server. Then the location 
>> >> is
>> >> distributed through the group's communication channels, often an IRC
>> >> warez
>> >> bot, and the group's members can then retrieve the files off your 
>> >> system.
>> >>
>> >> FlashFXP is a popular FTP software tool. In and of itself it's not an
>> >> indicator of an attack or compromise. It's actually a really nice 
>> >> tool.
>> >> It's
>> >> commercial though and we're licensed here for a different one, but I'd
>> >> use
>> >> it if I had the option. One of the big features that it had before 
>> >> most
>> >> other FTP software is the ability to do FXP transfers, or
>> >> server-to-server
>> >> ftp.
>> >> http://www.inicom.net/pages/en.ffxp-home.php
>> >>
>> >> First thing I'd do is lock down the box. Disable anonymous ftp 
>> >> obviously.
>> >> If
>> >> you can, it's probably a good idea to disable FTP entirely and use 
>> >> SFTP
>> >> instead and only open it to passworded user accounts you know you 
>> >> need.
>> >> When
>> >> logging into FTP, your credentials are sent as plain text that anyone 
>> >> can
>> >> sniff if they try. SFTP is basically FTP that is run over a secure 
>> >> shell
>> >> connection, encrypting the information much like how SSL works for web
>> >> pages. Set up right and with a good software client it's exactly like
>> >> using
>> >> FTP, just secure.
>> >>
>> >> Since I don't know enough about what other risks this might have 
>> >> opened
>> >> you
>> >> up to, like IRC bots working on strange ports, I would be inclined to 
>> >> do
>> >> a
>> >> wipe and reinstall. It's a sledgehammer instead of a scalpel but I 
>> >> know
>> >> that
>> >> my security auditing skills aren't that good so I end up having to 
>> >> resort
>> >> to
>> >> drastic measures to make up for my lack of knowledge. Hopefully 
>> >> someone
>> >> more
>> >> skilled in such things (Jochem?) might be able to chime in.
>> >>
>> >> Good luck.
>> >>
>> >> -Kevin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 9/7/05, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > id rather not mention the name, until i find out what the fuck
>> >> > is up.
>> >> >
>> >> > the ip of the box who up'd the files is
>> >> >
>> >> > 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20>
>> >> >
>> >> > i started to notice, some odd directories, but i thought it was
>> >> > a sysadmin doing something... (69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> is
>> >> > me)
>> >> >
>> >> > 05:58:35 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD .. 250 0
>> >> > 05:58:36 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD .. 250 0
>> >> > 05:58:38 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD .tag4 250 0
>> >> > 05:58:40 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD .++++lpt5 550 2
>> >> > 05:58:40 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD .++++lpt5 550 2
>> >> > 05:58:40 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD .++++lpt5 550 2
>> >> > 05:58:40 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD .++++lpt5 550 2
>> >> > 05:58:40 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD 
>> >> > /.tag4/.++++lpt5
>> >> > 550
>> >> > 2
>> >> > 05:58:40 69.250.12.29 <http://69.250.12.29> [213]CWD 
>> >> > /.tag4/.++++lpt5
>> >> > 550
>> >> > 2
>> >> >
>> >> > and then this cocksucker...
>> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] get the bright idea to download
>> >> > the files...
>> >> >
>> >> > 08:23:34 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [211]closed - 421 121
>> >> > 10:06:25 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [214]USER anonymous 
>> >> > 331 0
>> >> > 10:06:25 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [214]PASS
>> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 230 0
>> >> > 10:06:25 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [214]CWD
>> >> >
>> >> > /.tag4/+++.++++lpt5/++.ÿ+++lpt4/++.++com0/[EMAIL 
>> >> > PROTECTED]/++[[Bender+scan+-
>> >> > -+K.I.T.T+tagg]]/++.K.I.T.T/Medal+of+Honnor-En+Formation 250 0
>> >> >
>> >> > and then i think he thought about loggin in with his normal info...
>> >> > and changed his
>> >> > identity.... (the guilt got to him.)
>> >> >
>> >> > /.tag4/+++.++++lpt5/++.ÿ+++lpt4/++.++com0/[EMAIL 
>> >> > PROTECTED]/++[[Bender+scan+-
>> >> >
>> >> > -+K.I.T.T+tagg]]/++.K.I.T.T/Medal+of+Honnor-En+Formation 250 0
>> >> > 10:06:59 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]USER anonymous 
>> >> > 331 0
>> >> > 10:06:59 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]PASS
>> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0
>> >> > 10:06:59 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]CWD
>> >> >
>> >> > not sure what he is doing here... but he does this to EVERY File.
>> >> >
>> >> > 10:06:59 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]RNFR MOHDAEF.001 
>> >> > 350
>> >> > 0
>> >> > 10:06:59 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]RNTO
>> >> > MOHDAEF.001+./+/250 0
>> >> > 10:06:59 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]RNFR MOHDAEF.002 
>> >> > 350
>> >> > 0
>> >> > 10:06:59 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]RNTO
>> >> > MOHDAEF.002+./+/250 0
>> >> > 10:06:59 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]RNFR MOHDAEF.003 
>> >> > 350
>> >> > 0
>> >> > 10:07:01 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]RNTO
>> >> > MOHDAEF.003+./+/250 0
>> >> > 10:07:01 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]RNFR MOHDAEF.004 
>> >> > 350
>> >> > 0
>> >> > 10:07:01 85.234.195.20 <http://85.234.195.20> [216]RNTO
>> >> > MOHDAEF.004+./+/250 0
>> >> >
>> >> > then a couple more fucknuts show up...
>> >> >
>> >> > 20:16:36 213.213.212.18 <http://213.213.212.18> [224]USER anonymous 
>> >> > 331
>> >> > 0
>> >> > 20:16:36 213.213.212.18 <http://213.213.212.18> [224]PASS
>> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0
>> >> > 22:08:25 80.138.33.123 <http://80.138.33.123> [225]USER anonymous 
>> >> > 331 0
>> >> > 22:08:25 80.138.33.123 <http://80.138.33.123> [225]PASS
>> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 230 0
>> >> > 22:08:41 80.138.33.123 <http://80.138.33.123> [226]USER anonymous 
>> >> > 331 0
>> >> > 22:08:41 80.138.33.123 <http://80.138.33.123> [226]PASS
>> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 230 0
>> >> >
>> >> > one recurring one though... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> >
>> >> > so. what to do? send complaints? where do i start?
>> >> >
>> >> > thanks for any help.
>> >> > tony
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On 9/8/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> > > On 9/7/05, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> > > > do you think someone dropped a game on my box to burn it?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Where is this box hosted? Some of the guys at ACFUG once caught a
>> >> > > customer support person at Interland surfing porn on their shared
>> >> > > hosting machine.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Anything is possible.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > -Cameron
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > ....tony
>> >> >
>> >> > Tony Weeg
>> >> > tonyweeg [at] gmail [dot] com
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
> 

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