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" <[email protected]>
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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