filezilla - warning

cally6008

I updated Filezilla this morning to version 3.7.3
Then I did a complete download of all files from my website to my HDD

This afternoon, my website/server was compromised and coding/larger size files uploaded using my FTP account to my website.

Just thought I'd post and warn other filezilla members

John_Gray

Filezilla 3.7.3 has been out since 8th August, and people downloading from recognised sites (nearly 10K last week from download.com, for example) don't seem to have had any problems with it.

I've downloaded backups using FZ 3.7.3 from our website weekly since 8th August without any problems.

In your case it might be sheer, and unfortunate, coincidence that you might have been hacked.

Uxb

I thought/been told that FTP operations were highly vunerable as it is not conducted under a secure connection so passwords etc can be filtched from comprimised computers doing the FTP'ing.

debitcardmayhem

Uxb wrote: »

I thought/been told that FTP operations were highly vunerable as it is not conducted under a secure connection so passwords etc can be filtched from comprimised computers doing the FTP'ing.

PCs that have been compromised are open for all sorts of problems. Filezilla allows you to use SFTP (assuming the server supports it). However the OP doesn't say what his hosting package is , there have been reports of Wordpress Drupal etc being compromised I would guess that Filezilla is not the culprit, but of course the OP didn't say where he/she got it from.

S0litaire

Not fair!!
I've had a honeypot on my always on media centre for the past 6 months.

Not a single attack or attempted attack to date lol ^_~

Even got it dynamical linked to one of my never used domain names!