Phishing - Linux boxes are vulnerable
Mike Wright
mike.wright at mailinator.com
Thu Oct 4 19:09:26 UTC 2007
Jacques B. wrote:
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> I'm no expert on this topic. But I do know a case where the
> application that was running on the web server was exploited due to a
> vulnerability in that application, not in Apache or the Linux box. I
> suspect that is the case more often than not. Someone compromises a
> web site that is running a vulnerable application. That site happens
> to be hosted on a Linux box (because let's face it, a lot of web
> servers out there run on *nix).
>
Hi Jacques.
I think you're right on the money there. Google for phpbb and hack for
an example of your point.
Mike Wright :m)
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