Re: Increase in Sun RPC Scans

From: Randy Johnson (rjohnson2at_private)
Date: Thu Apr 19 2001 - 10:10:58 PDT

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    I've also seen an increase in SunRPC (port 111) scans/attempted
    connections. Over the last 3 weeks, I've been getting 2 or 3 a day.
    Most of them originate from Korea.
    
    I was also hit by a couple of IPs attempting to compromise my machine
    via LPD (port 515.)
    
    Randy Johnson
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Incidents Mailing List [mailto:INCIDENTSat_private]On
    > Behalf Of Arthur Donkers
    > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 11:39 AM
    > To: INCIDENTSat_private
    > Subject: Re: Increase in Sun RPC Scans
    >
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > Same here. Me thinks it has to do with the different Linux based
    > worms running 'round on the Internet. They scan for vulnerabilities
    > in BIND (53), LPD (515) en statd which is serviced by the
    > portmapper (111).
    >
    > Are they just regular syn/stealth scans or do they contain a
    > payload as well ?
    >
    > The higher ports are most probably backdoor related ports.
    >
    > Grtz,
    >
    > Arthur
    >
    > On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 12:58:55AM -0400, Chris Arnold wrote:
    > > A severe increase as well as a major increase in ports in the 32k
    > > range.
    > >
    > > Chris
    > >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Jason Lewis
    > > To: INCIDENTSat_private
    > > Sent: 4/18/01 11:28 PM
    > > Subject: Increase in Sun RPC Scans
    > >
    > > Anyone else seeing an increase in SunRPC (port 111) scans?
    > > Several networks
    > > I manage are getting scanned from lots of different hosts.
    > >
    > > The scans are random IP's on the same subnet, I guess to evade
    > > IDS?
    > >
    > > Jason Lewis
    > > http://www.rivalpath.com
    > > "All you can do is manage the risks. There is no security."
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