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Re: [cobalt-security] Server hacked were to find the Server logs



On 27 Feb 01, at 13:03, John Sim wrote:

> You would be well advised to have a security specialist look over the
> machine for you, to be sure that you are not trojaned in any way.  It
> is most common that, unless this cracker was after one website, the
> intruder will have made a way to get back into the box easily.  If the
> cracker is remotely skilled at all then lots of trojaned binaries
> could have replaced yours, and it will be hard to tell that there is
> anything up with the machine.

Yep.  My experience has been that the only real option is to flatten 
the box and reinstall :-(
 
> Allways prudent to be paranoid in cases like this.

If you're not paranoid, you're not paying enough attention.