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More options Aug 31 2007, 8:20 pm

From: webado

Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:20:57 -0000

Local: Fri, Aug 31 2007 8:20 pm

Subject: Re: chmod 777 and 775 hack attempt

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How are they getting access? Just because a folder is chmod 777
doesn't mean you can access it from outside the website.

On Aug 31, 4:47 pm, djc wrote:

> The bot is a libwww bot....no big surprise there

> On Aug 31, 3:43 pm, djc wrote:

> > Today there are a number of attempts being reported toady that a bot
> > is attempting to deface sites (777 and 775 folders)

> > The bot will add/alter the htaccess and plant a php file where the
> > file names appears to be a random number. No word yet on IPs but
> > chances are they will turn out to be highjacked computers or servers.

> > If I hear anything more, I'll let you know. I'll be intested to see
> > what the php file does.- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

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