On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 13:39 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 13:20, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >They use these botnets to distribute spam, launch DDOS, or whatever
> >else their imagination came come up with. Either of those would
> >contribute to an increase in bandwidth usage.
>
> Humm, we were in fact subjected to a DDOS attack early last sunday
> morning, which lead to the traffic servers demise & rebuild.
> Got us listed at spamcop & our mail died.
Or more likely, your box was participating in a DDOS. Do
you have any idea what exploit might have been used to
install the programs you found?
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My money is on sshd - somebody with a weak password.
Craig