[Web4lib] Phishing exploits in emails

[Micah Stevens]

I agree. This is neighborly and helpful. I have had exploits happen 
unnoticed on systems I am responsible for and didn't notice for several 
days, and I pride myself on being fairly aware of things. I've had some 
rude responses as a result, but rude or not, they did help me become 
aware and fix the problem.

-Micah

On 02/07/2007 03:19 PM, Drew, Bill wrote:
>  I am beginning to wonder if we as possibly more sophisticated web users
> and managers need to make an effort to notify the owners of websites
> about such exploits originating from their webserver?  I think I will do
> that when I can.
>
> Bill Drew
> drewwe at morrisville.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Micah Stevens [mailto:micah at raincross-tech.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 6:06 PM
> To: Drew, Bill
> Cc: Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Phishing exploits in emails
>
> Sounds like their webserver was just hacked and that sub-folder was used
>
> to hold an add. This has happened to a couple of my clients from time to
>
> time. I'm always amazed how people insist on using logins like 'web' 
> with a password of 'web' for their site FTP. One time I was called 
> because a client had found some really offensive porn on their site and 
> couldn't understand how it got there.
>
> If admins don't keep track of their site and don't use secure password 
> techniques, this type of thing will remain prevalent.
>
> -Micah
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