Sounds to me like Gumblar Virus see this link http://blog.scansafe.com/journal/2009/11/18/where-to-look-for-gumblar-backdoors.html
David A. Shaver D. A. Shaver Web Design Web Page Design for Small Business www.dashaver.com PO Box 594 Galesburg,IL 61402-0594 309.343.0027 On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Ken Rickard <[email protected]> wrote: > I had something similar happen on WordPress. It was a simple FTP > (non-secure) password sniffer watching network traffic to the host. > My site would get hacked within twenty minutes of making a change via > FTP. > > I finally forced the hosting provider to support SFTP for my account. > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Adam Gregory <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This is more a server security issue rather than a Drupal one. I've seen > > this happen with Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress and custom PHP code. It really > > most likely means that access to the server/host was compromised at some > > point. > > > > There are lost of things that can be done to prevent this like > chmod/own-ing > > your file system correctly(As Gerhard touched on). This is also a good > > reason to use SFTP rather then FTP as passwords in SFTP are sent > encrypted > > and FTP are not leaving them open to a man-in-the-middle attack. > > > > Ultimately though it's a good example of how Drupal can only go so far in > > keeping itself secure but there are still plenty of other ways out side > > Drupals area of responsibility that your site can be compromised. > > ----- > > Adam A. Gregory > > Drupal Developer & Consultant > > Web: AdamAGregory.com > > Twitter: twitter.com/adamgregory > > Phone: 910.808.1717 > > Cell: 706.761.7375 > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Fred Jones <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> > I also wonder whether Drupal could be adjusted so as to automatically > >> > set > >> > file bootstrap.inc, and perhaps other critical ones, as read-only. So > >> > far it > >> > is done only with settings.php file. > >> > >> Well if they did it via FTP, that wouldn't help... > >> > >> F > > > > > > > > -- > Ken Rickard > [email protected] > http://ken.therickards.com >
