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Re: Tens of Thousands of Web Sites Defaced

  • Subject: Re: Tens of Thousands of Web Sites Defaced
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 08:03:16 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ vrataj@xxxxxxxxx ] on Monday 22 May 2006 20:29 \__

> I think this was done through an ASP form mailer script that is
> installed by
> default on these hosting accounts.
> 
> The hack seems to have been done through a asp script that is
> automatically installed on all hosting customers accounts on these
> particular servers.
> 
> The mass defacement was placed in a sub directory on each site.
> /ssfm/isko.htm
> 
> See
> http://www.stokia.com/news/iskorpitx-iis-ssfm-hack-info.htm for our
> complete
> analysis.

So there was a point to this assessment after all. ASP, _as well as the
clueless host_, using that closed-source black box, are to blame. Open
Source -> Open to supervision.

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