What a successful exploit of a Linux server looks like

Posted by BernardSwiss on Dec 17, 2013 11:24 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Dan Goodin
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A security researcher with George Washington University, DiMino noticed several IP addresses attempting to hijack the Linux server by exploiting a now-patched PHP flaw that gave attackers the ability to remotely execute commands on vulnerable machines. DiMino was curious to know what the people behind the attacks intended to do with his machine, so he set up a "honeypot" box that, for research purposes, ran an older version of the Web development language.

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