You can use this tool to recognize and search CSV's for exploits and advisories:  http://cvechecker.sourceforge.net/

Of course, I would also look for new files or changed files (and this doesn't require tripwaire):

https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-watch - run tasks when files change (like email yourself or tar them up and move to a directory outside of webroot).

You can instantly audit all of your current installed web versions with a simple scheduled search of the SecurityTracker site (either manually or via a script emailing you the output of curl/wget ):  http://securitytracker.com/  They also have a commercial SERVICE that will alert you when any alerts related to your LIST are posted, if you don't want to manage cvechecker or your own scripts.

There are also some interesting projects, like inotify (http://inotify.aiken.cz/) but if you don't have root access, you are not going to be able to apt-get/yum install much.

Whatever open ports you serve to the PUBLIC MUST be IDS/IPS protected at all times - on a small scale, that can be IPTABLES for SYN and/or mod_security; and your monitoring might include such great projects as suricata (with libhtp) that use the snort detection files (since that project has been purchased by Cisco) and actually works well using memory quite differently.   

The bottom line is you must take security responsibility and I expect that greater liability will be levied for sites/owners that fail to do so in the future.




 



On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Keith Smith <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
I agree with most of what you say.  The down side is what we saw with the Drupal exploit.  It goes viral and if you are not quick enough you can get hit.  My point is the exploits become common knowledge. The bad hackers can automate looking for an exploit.  That is a side effect of open source.

I was not saying it was open source's fault that I tend to set and forget - that is on me.

I was not thinking proprietary vs open source I was thinking custom built (using open source such as PHP, Perl...etc) vs open source apps.

And I agree open source is great!!




On 2014-11-20 11:24, Nathan England wrote:
On the contrary, "security" is the *upside* of open source. Issues get
found and typically resolved quickly, many times within hours, as
compared to other companies...

http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/12/7202801/microsoft-patches-critical-19-year-old-windows-bug

Setting and forgetting a piece of code on a machine somewhere does not
become the fault of open source when it is not updated. Proprietary
stuff has just as many problems, if not more. Oftentimes, the open
source code is a labor of love and someone, or a group of people, want
it to be awesome and perfect and not have issues, whereas the
proprietary code is put out by a clearing house that just wants to hit
a release date and they will fix bugs down the road... or in
Microsoft's case, 20 years down the road...

Security is most definitely not a *downside* of open source.




On 2014-11-20 06:13, Keith Smith wrote:
Last time I checked Hostgator will give you shell access for a one
time charge of $10 per virtual host on their reseller accounts.

There is more to your story and a problem I would think some of us
have.  I was bit by the recent Drupal exploit. Security is the down
side of open source.  I was bit several years ago because of an
exploit in an open source app.

It literally feels like a war zone out there.  I recently found a
Drupal install on one of my domains that I had forgotten I had put out
there.

I, like you David, tend to set it and forget it.  Not any more.



On 2014-11-19 23:34, David Schwartz wrote:
It’s a shared (reseller) hosting account at HostGator.

I can upload scripts and set them up to run under cron (via cPanel),
but I don’t have SSH access.

-David

On Nov 19, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com> wrote:

can you install it locally? run it in userspace?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:42 PM, David Schwartz
<newsletters@thetoolwiz.com> wrote:

Does anybody know of any scripts like tripwire that are designed
to be installed on shared hosting accounts to alert you to
unexpected changes?

Tripwire works by taking an inventory of the folders and files
you want to monitor. It then will do a scan periodically via a
cron entry and compare the file signatures with those recorded
previously, as well as the two sets of file lists. Any new,
modified, or deleted files will be reported to you via email or
something like that.

Somebody hacked into one of my websites through an exploit on an
old WP plugin that I neglected to update. I have no idea when it
happened, but just learned about it last week. I don’t pay a lot
of attention to most of my sites, so I thought it would make sense
to install something like tripwire to look for unexpected changes.
(Tripwire itself needs to be installed in the root and needs root
access, AFAIK. Maybe not. Suggestions welcome!)

-David

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