RE: A new Code Red variant

From: Steve Halligan (agent33at_private)
Date: Wed Aug 01 2001 - 11:29:33 PDT

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Scott Wunsch [mailto:bugtraqat_private]
    > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 1:07 PM
    > To: incidentsat_private
    > Subject: A new Code Red variant
    > 
    > 
    > Glancing at my Apache logs, I noticed what looked like a 
    > typical Code Red
    > hit at 11:50:59 CST from 61.141.213.162 (which resolves to a 
    > name in .cn).
    > I fired up my web browser and pointed it at that IP, 
    > wondering whether it
    > was defaced by CRv1, or looked normal (i.e., CRv2).
    > 
    > It appears likely to be defaced, all right, but not with the 
    > usual CRv1
    > message.  Could we have yet another new strain out there?
    > 
    > In case the box has been cleaned up, I mirrored the defaced page at
    > <http://www.wunsch.org/mirrors/codered/>.  The text is as 
    > follows, in red
    > on a black background:
    > 
    > > fuck CHINA Government
    > > 
    > > fuck PoizonBOx
    > > 
    > > contact:sysadmcnat_private
    > 
    > -- 
    > Take care,
    > Scott \\'unsch
    > 
    > ... St... St... Stu... St... Stuttering Ta... Tagline.
    > 
    
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