Category Archives: Security - Page 3

Using lsof to find trojan processes on Linux.

In my previous post I was telling about checking for programs using network on Linux using lsof tool.
Here I have “live” example of such backdoor found on one of our servers.
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Looking for the backdoors or performance bottlenecks with lsof

When server is compromised via some PHP script security hole intruders are getting relatively low level of access to the server. Although its enough to install PHP shell script or start some backdoor network daemon or proxy server or network scanner.

Lets see if we can find them
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.htaccess anti-RFI mod_rewrite rules

RFI – Remote File Inclusion (or “nesting” – though last term is not so widely used, and it’s not the same as XSS I beleive) is very serious security threat – especially in webhosting environment where there is no time and manpower available to audit and vet all customers PHP scripts. Let’s see if there are other ways to reduce the threat

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