Potential Blackhat Attack?

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Potential Blackhat Attack?

Postby kaaie » 20. August 2014 00:59

Hey, so I have my little private web server for testing that is also open to the internet. Today I tried to start apache, but I got errors (Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly... etc) and was told to see the logs.

So here's the relevant bits of the logs.
access.log: http://pastebin.com/HteemdpK
error.log: http://pastebin.com/xbdk4KRS

I never post my IP address, so I'm assuming this is a broad-range sweep. I'd normally consider this a minor annoyance at worst, since my packages are up to date (xampp 1.8.3-4), but apache has stopped working, so I'm assuming something was affected/changed.

Should I consider formatting my computer? There's confidential client information at stake and I must be sure about this.

Thanks
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Re: Potential Blackhat Attack?

Postby Altrea » 20. August 2014 06:56

Hi,

You installed a webserver bundle that is explicitly only meant for local test and development environments and connected that machine to the internet despite your machine contains confidential client information?
Well that is a grossly negligent conduct and a very big issue.

We don't provide any support for XAMPP installations in such environments.
Must read: [INFO] How to not fail getting help here (Section: Scope of support)

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Re: Potential Blackhat Attack?

Postby kaaie » 20. August 2014 17:33

Ok, fair enough. I don't want to and will not hold anyone but myself accountable for this. Truth be told, the information I have is not legally required to be kept secret anyways -- just a courtesy thing. Additionally, not part of any company with "legal requirements or network security". It's not like I'm keeping the secret cocacola recipe on my computer or anything.

Now I understand that making a test environment accessible to the internet was not the smartest thing to do, but in your opinion, should I be concerned? Could this be a breach? That's all I need to know.

Thanks for your time.
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Re: Potential Blackhat Attack?

Postby JJ_Tagy » 20. August 2014 17:59

Just a phishing bot. They scan all IPs in ranges. I would say not a breach, but be careful of what you have exposed for probing.
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