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Re: Possible Intrusion Attempt?

From: Anders Reed Mohn <anders_rm(at)utepils.com>
Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 05:13:19 EDT

  • Original Message ----- From: "Matt LaFelero" <ramstryke@yahoo.com> To: <incidents@securityfocus.com>

> It's strange that this email triggers the authentication box. What's

Well, at first, I would guess it's some kind of password harvesting scheme.. but populating the username doesn't really fit in .. weird indeed!

> It seems most of the emails are HTML, which can explain a lot. None of

I'd set up a sniffer, and log where that username/password is sent. I have no idea what this could be, except said information harvesting, so I'd
try to trace it to the origin.

Anders :)


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