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[cobalt-security] Is this coincidence or what - FTP Scans



Hi Yah,

This is a snip from one of the logcheck reports I received this morning
xxxxxxxxxx being the IP's on our server. Is it just a coincidence that the
syslogd was activated before and after attempts to access the server via
FTP?

Security Violations
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Oct 16 04:40:59 ns proftpd[3305]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - USER anonymous (Login failed):
Can't find user.
Oct 16 04:40:59 ns proftpd[3308]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - USER anonymous (Login failed):
Can't find user.
Oct 16 04:41:03 ns proftpd[3309]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - USER anonymous (Login failed):
Can't find user.
Oct 16 04:41:03 ns proftpd[3315]:xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - USER anonymous (Login failed):
Can't find user.

Unusual System Events
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Oct 16 04:40:08 ns syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Oct 16 04:40:59 ns proftpd[3305]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - USER anonymous (Login failed):
Can't find user.
Oct 16 04:40:59 ns proftpd[3308]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - USER anonymous (Login failed):
Can't find user.
Oct 16 04:40:59 ns proftpd[3305]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - FTP session closed.
Oct 16 04:41:03 ns proftpd[3308]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - FTP session closed.
Oct 16 04:41:03 ns proftpd[3309]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - USER anonymous (Login failed):
Can't find user.
Oct 16 04:41:03 ns proftpd[3315]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - USER anonymous (Login failed):
Can't find user.
Oct 16 04:41:04 ns proftpd[3309]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - FTP session closed.
Oct 16 04:41:04 ns proftpd[3315]: xxxxxxxxxx
(pD9526130.dip.t-dialin.net[217.82.97.48]) - FTP session closed.
Oct 16 04:41:29 ns syslogd 1.3-3: restart.

Regards from Auckland

Chae