Re: Phishing Script and Server Update & Future Plans

Bogdan Rotariu <[email protected]> Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:04:17 +0200
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Yes its a broken gz with redirect info, but=
 as it already happen and affected all that use the older script and might n=
ot follow this list, the new script should fix the problem created by the re=
direct.<div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent=
 from mobile</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Nov 6, 2=
024, at 16:38, Jerry Benton &lt;jerry.benton-OT/[email protected]&gt; wrote:<br><b=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">It was not in gzip f=
ormat because the update server was handing you a 301 that was not being han=
dled correctly. This will no longer happen.
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ibri&quot;,sans-serif">Jerry Benton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style=3D"colo=
r:black">From:
</span></b><span style=3D"color:black">MailScanner &lt;mailscanner-bounces+j=
erry.benton=3Dmailborder.com-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected]&gt; on behalf of Bogdan-=
Stefan Rotariu &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 09:36<br>
<b>To: </b>MailScanner Discussion &lt;mailscanner-qhrM8SXbD5JTOyd/[email protected]&gt;=
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: Phishing Script and Server Update &amp; Future Plans<o:p=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:black">Thank you for the recent u=
pdate. I would like to suggest two changes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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1.&nbsp;Since we have already set the PATH, we can simply use ms-peek withou=
t specifying the full path (/usr/sbin/ms-peek).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:black">2.&nbsp;Regarding the enf=
orcement of HTTPS, we have encountered issues with bad .gz files. Currently,=
 the only fix is to remove them manually. I propose that the script either o=
verwrites these .gz files or removes them
 before downloading new ones to prevent this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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gzip: /usr/mailscanner/etc/phishing.safe.sites.conf.master.gz: not in gzip f=
ormat</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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I have added a workaround to our script:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:black">if [ -d $CONFIGDIR ]; the=
n<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; cd $CONFIGDIR<br>
#delete .gz old gz files if left behind<br>
find "$CONFIGDIR" -name "*.gz" -type f -exec rm -f {} +<br>
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Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;=
color:black">Bogdan-Stefan Rotariu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">On 6 Nov 2024, at 14:20, Jerry Benton &lt;jerry.bento=
[email protected]&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">I have updated the c=
ron script for phishing bad/safe sites to v0.3.1. It is available here:<a hr=
ef=3D"https://phishing.mailscanner.info/"><span style=3D"color:#467886">http=
s://phishing.mailscanner.info</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">The phishing update s=
erver has been updated to use https, but will not force that connection and w=
ill now accept http.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Several previous aut=
omatic bad site scrubs were removed for the google domain and several subdom=
ains. This means you will need to add them to the phishing safe sites custom=
 file to retain links to google domains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Uncompressed version=
s of the bad/safe sites files are no longer available. If you have an old sc=
ript trying to download those files, it will fail. You will need to use the n=
ewer update script or modify any
 custom scripts to download the compressed versions and then extract them fo=
r use.<span class=3D"apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span><=
/p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">The phishing bad sit=
es is compiled from Phishtank data. It essentially pulls the domains from th=
e phishing links and puts them into a flat file for use in MailScanner.<o:p>=
</o:p></span></p>
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ibri&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
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ibri&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">Future plan:</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><=
o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">I am looking into creating a mechanism to populate a S=
QLite database with phishing links instead of just domains. I am creating th=
is for use in Mailborder, but will make the
 database available for MailScanner. In order to be used in MailScanner some=
one would have to write the code to use it. (I have enough to do.) Once I cr=
eate a base structure of what the database would look like, I will send out a=
n update here with a link to
 the SQLite database. Not sure how this would impact scanning speed at this t=
ime. It would of course depend on how big that database gets.</span><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ibri&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">The reason why I am looking into this =E2=80=A6</span=
><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">I contacted Openphish about licensing cost to get the=
ir database. They want $10k per server per year for the =E2=80=9Clight=E2=80=
=9D version. That is just nuts.</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>=
</o:p></span></p>
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ibri&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">How you can help =E2=80=A6</span><span style=3D"font-=
size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">I need source data to compile this database. I can ge=
t some from Phishtank and a very small amount from Openphish free sources. I=
 haven=E2=80=99t put a whole lot of cycles into this,
 but if you have any suggestions, please email me.<span class=3D"apple-conve=
rted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p>=
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ibri&quot;,sans-serif">--&nbsp;</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cal=
ibri&quot;,sans-serif">Jerry Benton</span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><=
o:p></o:p></span></p>
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