RE: [webmin-l] Understanding daily "LogWatch"?

[Vern <ve...@cw...>]

> What can anyone gain by getting into my server by this method? 
> Is it simply vandalism, or is there some sort of point to it? 
> For instance, does it allow the "hackers" to use my server to 
> run their own websites or email/spam programs? 

All of the above and more. Some do it just to say they did it, some do it to "own" as 
many machines as they can, so do it to attack other computers, there are a myriad of 
reasons why and your guess would be as good as mine as to why people waste their's and 
our time, but they do and since they do it is your obligation to secure and patch your 
box, so that your machine once rooted or infected doesn't do damage to others. Your 
ISP can even shut you down for not doing so. 

It's a mean cruel cyberspace out there...