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From: Gary S.  Callison (email snipped)

Sarah (email snipped) wrote:
: Someone in the UK _really_ doesn't like being repeatedly
: spammed by these assholes.
: http://www.web-bizonline.com/

I was working on a meta-lart for highway235.com, and went looking at
webpages for contact addresses and other misc incriminating info, and
discovered this as well.

C&C warning. Those of you who laughed yourselves stupid after Rodonagate
may wish to go to the bathroom now as well. 

Here's a lynx-dump, for those who are understandably chicken enough not
to let hacked websites load on their machine: 

__________________WEBSITE LYNX-DUMP BEGINS_______________________
   [spacer.gif]
   
                             Cracked by Vortex
                                      
               [1]Say no to Spam! Cartoon from glasbergen.com
      Spam Spam Spam Spam, Spam Spam Spam Spam, Wonderful Spam, Lovely
                                  Spam... 
                                      
       [ [2]What, [3]Where, [4]When, [5]Why, [6]Who, [7]How, [8]More
                                Gibberish ]
                                      
What

   Another (lame) web defacement. This is the second time I've defaced
   these domains, and the fifth time I've recieved their spam crap.
   
Where

     * [9]63.104.128.[68-72]
     * [10]aaasearchenginetechniques.com
     * [11]gordonpgill.com
     * [12]otcstockletter.com
     * [13]thesolidusgroup.com
     * [14]successtopia.com
     * [15]syberschool.org
     * [16]web-bizonline.com
     * [17]myonlineincome.com
       
When

   Shortly after being spammed from the same fucking system I was last
   time. For those who didn't see my last little note, I was pissed off
   after recieving a pile of junk mail sent from highway235.com's inept
   management, who quite obviously wouldn't know responsible online
   marketing if it bit them in the arse.
   
Why

   I recieved [18]this spam for dodgy aphrodisiacs the other day, and
   left a [19]nice note to the site's owners about responsible online
   marketing practices. Now I recieve [20]more spam from them? WTF. Damn
   spammers.
   
   So here I am again.
   
           Useful Links
     * [21]Info on Spam: Boycotting spam e-mail promotes responsible
       online commerce.
     * [22]CAUCE: Join the fight against spam.
       
           These guys would love to hear from you
     * H.A. Hunter, owner of otcstockletter.com, can be contacted on
       +1-713-227-5455. He'd love to know how his product is being
       represented online
     * Tommy Brock, administrative contact for highway235.com would
       appreciate feedback on the flaws in his marketing campaigns on
       +1-513-743-6185
       
Who

   I'm Vortex, a minor who is not interested in [23]making the little guy
   stand to attention with dodgy pills, nor am I interested in being
   [24]told which penny shares to buy. I don't have a credit card, I'm
   not old enough to buy half this crap, and it's irrelevant to me as I'd
   trade stocks and shares in my home country if I was going to do it at
   all.
   
How

   Last time it was through the BIND < 8.2.2-P5 buffer overflow exploit
   (detailed at [25]CERT), which I patched after exploiting, upgrading
   their nameservers to a secure release. The admin was informed of the
   remaining ways I had to access the system, and I requested that they
   refrain from using bulk mail to market their products. This time, I
   noticed my backdoor was still in place (!!).
   
   Again, I haven't damaged anything (despite making threats about "if it
   happened again...", I'm not going to rm -rf anything because that
   would make me worse than the spammers. Plus, I don't think the system
   admin is such a bad guy, he appears not to have any part in the
   spamming. Personally I reckon he should find a job at a company with
   ethics...)
   
   OK admin guy, here's how to close my holes (Oooh yeah baby! ;) ). Look
   in /tmp/.b/, these are your original binaries (ps, netstat, etc). Copy
   them over the ones reported by which [binary], as the ones in place
   are trojaned to hide my bindshell backdoor. Remove /usr/bin/prnmon
   (Sorry, I said this was /usr/bin/sh2 in my mail, I forgot I renamed
   it!). Edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/crond and remove the line that starts up
   /usr/bin/prnmon. Remove my SUID shell in /tmp/.X11. Check /etc/shadow
   and remove the password hashes for the accounts near the top which
   shouldn't have passwords. Oh, and please talk to the management about
   marketing online properly, and get them to read the spam.abuse.net URL
   for information on what they're doing wrong. Oh, and [26]buy the
   latest copy of Redhat, if you must use it, rather than leave an old
   pile of crap online.
   
More Gibberish

                           [27]userfriendly.org 
                                      
     * [28]"How ironic!": The next userfriendly.org cartoon in the
       series. Wonder if I'll get to post an entire week's worth of
       these?
     * This is not [29]hacking, it's [30]cracking. [31]Hacking is legal,
       fun and productive. [32]Cracking isn't.
     * The RIP Bill was passed in the United Kingdom recently, this is a
       sickening attack against the privacy of it's citizens, allowing
       the state to silently intercept electronic communications in a
       manner much akin to that of Orwell's 1984. The only other
       countries with similar laws are Russia, Singapore and Malaysia...
       mmm, love those human rights records over there... [33]Protest
       RIP!
     * Once again my mates get to see their names in lights, as I do the
       usual script kiddie thing of shouting out to everyone I've ever
       met... Actually, here's a select few. Annepie, Andy, LabSix, #pde
       crew (as in most of the people I know IRL these days... But
       Astraea, Squinky, Hypo, Raven, Charlotte, Tub n'Astro in
       particular), Proteus, Mel, Rune, Sarah, Cube, Digital Blasphemy
       and that lot. 'Specially "m4d gr33tzzz" to Squinky and Astraea...
       who're quite obviously made for each other <grin>
       
   Well that's enough lameness for now. Later. Hopefully it won't be a
   hat trick ;). V.

References

   1. http://spam.abuse.net/
   2. http://www.otcstockletter.com/#what
   3. http://www.otcstockletter.com/#where
   4. http://www.otcstockletter.com/#when
   5. http://www.otcstockletter.com/#why
   6. http://www.otcstockletter.com/#who
   7. http://www.otcstockletter.com/#how
   8. http://www.otcstockletter.com/#gibberish
   9. http://63.104.128.72/
  10. http://aaasearchenginetechniques.com/
  11. http://gordonpgill.com/
  12. http://otcstockletter.com/
  13. http://thesolidusgroup.com/
  14. http://successtopia.com/
  15. http://syberschool.org/
  16. http://web-bizonline.com/
  17. http://myonlineincome.com/
  18. http://www.otcstockletter.com/spamold.txt
  19. http://www.otcstockletter.com/oldsite/
  20. http://www.otcstockletter.com/spam.txt
  21. http://spam.abuse.net/
  22. http://www.cauce.org/
  23. http://www.otcstockletter.com/spamold.txt
  24. http://www.otcstockletter.com/spam.txt
  25. http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-14-bind.html
  26. http://www.cheepbytes.com/
  27. http://www.userfriendly.org/
  28. http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000729&mode=classic
  29. http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/jargon/html/entry/hacker.html
  30. http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/jargon/html/entry/cracking.html
  31. http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/jargon/html/entry/hacker.html
  32. http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/jargon/html/entry/cracking.html
  33. http://www.stand.org.uk/

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Also of particular humorness (well, to me anyways) were the META-tags in
the header, which were as follows:

<html>
    <head>
        <meta name="GENERATOR" content="VIM - Vi IMproved 5.6">
        <meta name="AUTHOR" content="Vortex">
        <meta name="MOOD" content="Very pissed off, spammed again">
        <title>Promote Responsible E-Commerce: Fight Spam! (Cracked
*again* by Vortex)</title>
    </head>

Very pissed off, indeed.

Vortex, dude- Anger leads only to hate; hate leads only to the dark
side. Turn away from the dark side my son; twist you it will. 
This Is Not The Way. 

-- 
Huey
...although it _is_ nuttier than a rat in a coffee can, and funnier than
a fart in a spacesuit...