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Date:      Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:03:07 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        abby <art@cristhal.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pid account hacked
Message-ID:  <20010905200307.A82529@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <000e01c12085$191d62e0$6100a8c0@amarildo>; from art@cristhal.com on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 08:40:56PM -0700
References:  <000e01c12085$191d62e0$6100a8c0@amarildo>

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On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 08:40:56PM -0700, abby wrote:
> I have a question regarding system accounts if I seem a bit non oriented =
its because I am somewhat new to unix security issues well someone hacked i=
nto one of the system accounts using a root kit I was lead to believe but t=
hey got in as=20
> pid user=20
>=20
> pid              ttyp0    141.13.3.9       Wed Sep  5 06:09 - 06:11  (00:=
05)
>=20
> and I Was able to view them through who or w=20
> this was totally freaking me out so first thing I Did was delete the user=
 I was wondering
> if you could give me more information on how this hapend to prevent syste=
m accounts from being hacked again
> someone said I should email here and ask thanx in advance

Step 1: Follow security advisories closely by subscribing to a mailing
list that carries them (see www.freebsd.org/security)

Kris

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