Here are some of the files the jerks who want to run exploits look for. I see these in my 404 stats.
/stats/awstats.pl
/scgi-bin/stats/awstats.pl
/scripts/awstats.pl
/scgi/awstats/awstats.pl
/cgi-bin/stats/awstats.pl
/cgi-bin/awstats/awstats.pl
/cgi/awstats/awstats.pl
/scgi-bin/awstats/awstats.pl
/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
/awstats/awstats.pl
/cgi/awstats.pl
/scgi-bin/awstats.pl
/b2evo/xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php
/wordpress/xmlrpc.php
/blogtest/xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php
/phpgroupware/xmlrpc.php
/b2/xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php
/blogs/xmlrpc.php
/blogs/xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php
/community/xmlrpc.php
/xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php
/drupal/xmlrpc.php
/xmlrpc/xmlrpc.php
/xmlrpc.php
/x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0/ThisFileMustNotExist
(This post is named for a scene in “The Blues Brothers.” Belushi’s “Joliet Jake” Blues’ tone when he sneers at the Illinois Nazis is exactly how I feel about sploggers, script kiddies, and other miscreants).
