Re: Hijacked Xterm

From: Michael J. Pelletier (mjpelletier_at_mjpelletier.com)
Date: 06/15/05

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    adam.sutton@baesystems.com wrote:

    > Hi I am trying to help a friend figure out what is going on with his
    > xterm
    > (actually I think he might be a KDE user, so probably konsole).
    >
    > Every so often he seems to find random words (not random characters)
    > typed
    > into his console.
    >
    > We run on a private network with no external network access, because
    > this
    > is a small works network for relatively computer literate users most
    > people know the root passwords to machines.
    >
    > I think this has to be a practical joke, but I am after any advice as
    > to
    > how someone might be achieving this.
    >
    > My first thought was that someone was simply typing stuff when he
    > wasn't
    > looking but it has occured when he has been at the machine (he has two
    > boxes accessed through a KVM, so he wasn't actually looking at the
    > screen
    > of the attacked machine at the time).
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    > Adam

    Are you running remote desktop or VNC?

    Michael

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