Re: [WebDNA] Attack?

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2015

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texte = I have noted on a number of my servers a concerted effort to break into =WordPress admin even though there is no WordPress on the servers.These brute force events will bring a server to a grind but so far =WebDNA has not been effected.Kind regardsStuart TremainIDFK Web DevelopmentsAUSTRALIAwebdna@idfk.com.au> On 5 Feb 2015, at 3:23 am, Stephen Reiss wrote:>=20> So=E2=80=A6 I have been getting attacked, I think. Last month it was a =ton of emails that used my return address but didn't get post with my =SMTP server, and my console logs showed constant attempts to get through =ports (OS X server, no one got in). The constant activity would crash =WebCat.>=20> That went away, but now I have been getting a ton (hundreds sent in a =few minutes of each other, several times a day) of Sendmail generated =emails, that again crashes WebCat. I now require authentication to for =Sendmail, and I saw a small number of attempts in the email log, before, =presumably giving up. We shall see.>=20> Is there any way this is not an attack, but WebCat somehow gone crazy? =I have looked at the email folders and there are not any emails in there =or being generated, like I would expect if it was some kind of loop. =There have been no recent changes to the one and only page (out of =thousands) that uses Sendmail - in fact I commented out the Sendmail =code earlier today.>=20> I have had to restart the server four times today, and I am hoping the =authentication puts an end to the attack(?) at least until they find =another DOS vector.>=20> Why someone would attack me is a whole other bucket of fish>=20> -Steve-=20>=20>=20> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [WebDNA] Attack? (Kenneth Grome 2015)
Re: [WebDNA] Attack? (Robert Minor 2015)
Re: [WebDNA] Attack? (Stuart Tremain 2015)
Re: [WebDNA] Attack? (Stuart Tremain 2015)
Re: [WebDNA] Attack? (Kenneth Grome 2015)
[WebDNA] Attack? (Stephen Reiss 2015)

I have noted on a number of my servers a concerted effort to break into =WordPress admin even though there is no WordPress on the servers.These brute force events will bring a server to a grind but so far =WebDNA has not been effected.Kind regardsStuart TremainIDFK Web DevelopmentsAUSTRALIAwebdna@idfk.com.au> On 5 Feb 2015, at 3:23 am, Stephen Reiss wrote:>=20> So=E2=80=A6 I have been getting attacked, I think. Last month it was a =ton of emails that used my return address but didn't get post with my =SMTP server, and my console logs showed constant attempts to get through =ports (OS X server, no one got in). The constant activity would crash =WebCat.>=20> That went away, but now I have been getting a ton (hundreds sent in a =few minutes of each other, several times a day) of Sendmail generated =emails, that again crashes WebCat. I now require authentication to for =Sendmail, and I saw a small number of attempts in the email log, before, =presumably giving up. We shall see.>=20> Is there any way this is not an attack, but WebCat somehow gone crazy? =I have looked at the email folders and there are not any emails in there =or being generated, like I would expect if it was some kind of loop. =There have been no recent changes to the one and only page (out of =thousands) that uses Sendmail - in fact I commented out the Sendmail =code earlier today.>=20> I have had to restart the server four times today, and I am hoping the =authentication puts an end to the attack(?) at least until they find =another DOS vector.>=20> Why someone would attack me is a whole other bucket of fish>=20> -Steve-=20>=20>=20> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us Stuart Tremain

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