RE: fex* war malware

2008-10-04 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: David Tyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: fex* war malware > > THE SAFEGUARD AGAINST THIS IS TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT TOMCAT > MANAGER APP PASSWORD. That would be tricky, since, by default, there is no manager app password or even role in conf/tomcat-users.xml; out

Re: fex* war malware

2008-10-04 Thread Mark Thomas
David Tyler wrote: > I have encountered this in September 2008. Here is what I have found: > > 1) There are several variants such as: fexcep OR fexcepkillshell OR > fexcepshell OR fexcepspshell OR fexception OR fexshell OR fexsshell > > 2) It appears to be distributed using an automated scann

fex* war malware

2008-10-04 Thread David Tyler
I have encountered this in September 2008. Here is what I have found: 1) There are several variants such as: fexcep OR fexcepkillshell OR fexcepshell OR fexcepspshell OR fexception OR fexshell OR fexsshell 2) It appears to be distributed using an automated scanner that looks for the manager