Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-23 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Tuesday 15 Sep 2009, Jacob wrote: > Format C: - Reinstall apps - restore data from backup. Although probably OK in this case, note that malware could be hiding in the BIOS, Intel vPro etc. etc., especially if you have been target specifically. -- Helping to efficiently establish market-driv

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Sean Corfield
It happened to a Linux site that I maintain that runs Apache... Here's how it happened: Another user had the FTP credentials in Front Page (but I suspect it could have been any "standard" Windows FTP program) and they visited a malware site, got a virus on their machine and it found the ability F

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Al Musella, DPM
Can you give us some of the text that was added to each file? And was it added to the same spot in each file (like top or bottom?) I have a monitor that checks my website every 5 minutes for changes to the database.. I should probably add a function to compare the text on the page and tell m

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Casey Dougall
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Jacob wrote: > > Format C: - Reinstall apps - restore data from backup. > > "Backup? Hmm..." ;-) > > I saw this once before it only targeted index.cfm files and was due to a employees computer being compromized and did same thign as what is happening here. This

RE: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Jacob
Format C: - Reinstall apps - restore data from backup. "Backup? Hmm..." ;-) -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:06 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: HoF invaded On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Michael Dinow

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > My own machine. If it was FTP then there would be logs. Never assume your logs are accurate on a compromised machine. Sorry to hear this happened - good luck with the cleanup... -Cameron ~~~

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Michael Dinowitz
If the MS ftp was enabled then maybe but it's not. Unless it is and it is hidden for some reason. On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: > > Michael Dinowitz wrote: >> Somehow, every .cfm file on the HoF site has been infected with a >> malware script tag. I'm cleaning it out now bu

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Ian Skinner
Michael Dinowitz wrote: > Somehow, every .cfm file on the HoF site has been infected with a > malware script tag. I'm cleaning it out now but it's a bit worrysome > as to how it got on. I'll have an update as soon as I run a cleaner > regex against the whole site. > > This does sound like a cur

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Nope. I have very strong protection against that on multiple levels. And again, if that was the case it would effect more than just public facing cfm files. > I suspect you have a query vulnerable to SQL injection. > > Paul ~| W

RE: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread brad
While this is possible via xp_cmdshell (MS SQL Server), it is unlikely since the majority of SQLi attacks affect your data and MD stated that the actual .cfm files themselves had the text inserted. ~Brad Original Message Subject: RE: HoF invaded From: "Paul Vernon&q

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Dave Watts
>> Each and every .cfm file that is on a site that is mapped to iis was >> affected. If a .cfm was in a non-mapped directory then it was not >> touched. This says to me that the hole is in iis. > > I suspect you have a query vulnerable to SQL injection. If the attack actually caused the malware s

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Dave Watts
> Each and every .cfm file that is on a site that is mapped to iis was > affected. If a .cfm was in a non-mapped directory then it was not > touched. This says to me that the hole is in iis. Unless you're running a very old version of IIS, this is highly unlikely. You almost certainly have some s

RE: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Paul Vernon
> Each and every .cfm file that is on a site that is mapped to iis was > affected. If a .cfm was in a non-mapped directory then it was not > touched. This says to me that the hole is in iis. > I suspect you have a query vulnerable to SQL injection. Paul ~~

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Leigh
Sorry to hear about the problems on HoF. Thanks for letting us know. I was about to post a message about HoF being flagged as a possible malware site in google. But I see you discovered the problem already. ~| Wa

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Barney Boisvert
iginal Message- >> From: b...@bradwood.com [mailto:b...@bradwood.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:54 AM >> To: cf-talk >> Subject: RE: HoF invaded >> >> >> Ouch.  Are you on shared hosting? >> >> I would change every FTP passwor

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:54 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: RE: HoF invaded > > > Ouch.  Are you on shared hosting? > > I would change every FTP password stat. > > Good Luck. > > ~Brad > > Original Message >  Subject: HoF invaded

RE: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Andy Matthews
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:54 AM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: HoF invaded Ouch. Are you on shared hosting? I would change every FTP password stat. Good Luck. ~Brad Original Message Subject: HoF invaded From: Michael Dinowitz Date: Tue, September 15, 2009 11:46 am T

Re: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Michael Dinowitz
and I'm in the city so it's easier just to bring it down, fix it, and send it back up. It'll be done soon. On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:54 PM, wrote: > > Ouch.  Are you on shared hosting? > > I would change every FTP password stat. > > Good Luck. > > ~Brad

RE: HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread brad
Ouch. Are you on shared hosting? I would change every FTP password stat. Good Luck. ~Brad Original Message Subject: HoF invaded From: Michael Dinowitz Date: Tue, September 15, 2009 11:46 am To: cf-talk Somehow, every .cfm file on the HoF site has been infected

HoF invaded

2009-09-15 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Somehow, every .cfm file on the HoF site has been infected with a malware script tag. I'm cleaning it out now but it's a bit worrysome as to how it got on. I'll have an update as soon as I run a cleaner regex against the whole site. -- Michael Dinowitz (http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdinowitz) Pres