Food for thought....

malcolmlewis · #1 (**permalink**) 14-Sep-2009, 00:16

Picked up via usenet on comp.nz
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09..._push_malware/

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john_hudson · #2 (**permalink**) 14-Sep-2009, 03:13

People have been saying it was only a matter of time; the question is whether it is possible to keep one step ahead or at least so close behind that nothing lasts for long enough to do serious damage.

vodoo · #3 (**permalink**) 14-Sep-2009, 05:39

Hi

At least this seems easy to detect. I still wonder how they get in to hack the system. Wouldn't that need a password AND port 22 open?

69_rs_ss · #4 (**permalink**) 14-Sep-2009, 06:17

vodoo wrote:
> Hi
>
> At least this seems easy to detect. I still wonder how they get in to
> hack the system. Wouldn't that need a password AND port 22 open?
>
>
Ssh doesn't have to be open to crack a system. Since they are web
servers, if apache is an unpatched version they could be using that. Any
vulnerable service they left open could have been used to exploit the
system.

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