Comments on: Website Defacing Example http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/02/04/website-defacing-example/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Patrick Williams http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/02/04/website-defacing-example/#comment-267 Patrick Williams Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:57:19 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/02/04/website-defacing-example/#comment-267 Speaking of UW comps getting hacked, here's a telnet connection to a UW computer that got brute forced recently. Apparently it was being rented out as online storage by a somewhat legit looking web service (psyBNC). I've blocked out the ip to protect the innocent. Just another reminder to use strong passwords, as even campus computers are constantly being attacked. [oystr@maui ~]$ telnet 128.208.4.** 9000 Trying 128.208.4.**... Connected to 128.208.4.25 (128.208.4.**). Escape character is '^]'. :Welcome!psyBNC@lam3rz.de NOTICE * :psyBNC2.3.2-7 Speaking of UW comps getting hacked, here’s a telnet connection to a UW computer that got brute forced recently. Apparently it was being rented out as online storage by a somewhat legit looking web service (psyBNC). I’ve blocked out the ip to protect the innocent. Just another reminder to use strong passwords, as even campus computers are constantly being attacked.

[oystr@maui ~]$ telnet 128.208.4.** 9000
Trying 128.208.4.**…
Connected to 128.208.4.25 (128.208.4.**).
Escape character is ‘^]’.
:Welcome!psyBNC@lam3rz.de NOTICE * :psyBNC2.3.2-7

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