[kwlug-disc] 19000 French websites hacked

[Digimer]

On 16/01/15 10:05 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> I have to ask.. if 19,000 websites get hacked in a matter of a few
> hours, can we assume that the bulk of these were on the same shared
> host, or should we be concerned that there are groups out there capable
> of carrying out such comprehensive attacks?  Do we know if they used a
> particular exploit that is somewhat indigenous to French websites or
> something?
>
> I find this bit of world news a bit hard to believe, to be honest.  Does
> anyone have any thoughts on this?

I would guess it's a combination of things... Judging by our webserver 
logs, I think bots constantly look for known vulnerabilities and just 
keep a record of which can be easily hit, or install back-doors. Then 
like a bot-net, they hit them when they want to make a statement.

I am just guessing though.

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