On 7/7/2014 2:47 PM, Ben Johnson wrote:
> Thanks, Leonardo and Noel! I really appreciate the prompt replies.
> 
> Leonardo, I see no indication that whomever is sending this mail has
> authenticated. And given that local connections are permitted to send
> mail without authenticating on this server, I will pursue Noel's
> suggested course of action next.
> 
> I'll let you know if I can't find the source...
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> -Ben

You were right!

It was a compromised Joomla site. I was able to spot it almost
immediately due to excessive CPU usage.

What's disconcerting is that the Joomla site is completely up-to-date,
including all extensions, so the vulnerability is either zero-day or
with another stack component. But that's here nor there.

Thanks again, both of you!

-Ben

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