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Is machine or website compromised?

This morning, I saw something I've never seen before.
 
Under the [FONT=Verdana]IntrusionPrevention System (IPS) heading of the Daily Executive Report, [/FONT]one of my internal IP's is listed as an attacker. Has my website or computer been compromised?
 
When I check the Sophos logs, I see there were several dropped packets which show 129.121.176.245 (not my IP address) as being the source IP/attacker but there are two listings in the IPS log that show my internal IP 192.168.x.x as being the source IP/attacker.
 
Below is a screen cap of the report and excerpts from the logs:

 
 
Sophos Firewall log:
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:23 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60003" outitf="eth0" srcmac="b4:00:00:00:00:b7" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="192.168.x.x" proto="6" length="40" tos="0x00" prec="0x00" ttl="64" srcport="43642" dstport="21" tcpflags="ACK RST"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:23 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x0" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="45" srcport="49208" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE]
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:23 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x1" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="55098" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:23 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x2" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="48903" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:25 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x3" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="45" srcport="56642" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:25 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x4" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="56042" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:26 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x0" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="45" srcport="49208" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:26 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x1" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="55098" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:26 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x5" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="45" srcport="39546" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:26 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x2" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="48903" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:28 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x3" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="45" srcport="56642" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:28 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x4" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="56042" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:29 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x5" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="45" srcport="39546" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:29 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x1" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="33322" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:29 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60003" outitf="eth0" srcmac="b4:00:00:00:00:b7" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="192.168.x.x" proto="6" length="40" tos="0x00" prec="0x00" ttl="128" srcport="43642" dstport="21" tcpflags="ACK RST"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:32 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.x1" proto="6" length="52" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="33322" dstport="21" tcpflags="SYN"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:17:02 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60003" outitf="eth0" srcmac="b4:00:00:00:00:b7" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="192.168.x.x" proto="6" length="40" tos="0x00" prec="0x00" ttl="64" srcport="58770" dstport="21" tcpflags="ACK RST"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:17:09 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60003" outitf="eth0" srcmac="b4:00:00:00:00:b7" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="192.168.x.x" proto="6" length="40" tos="0x00" prec="0x00" ttl="128" srcport="58770" dstport="21" tcpflags="ACK RST"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/packetfilter/2013/11/packetfilter-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:29:29 gateway ulogd[4445]: id="2001" severity="info" sys="SecureNet" sub="packetfilter" name="Packet dropped" action="drop" fwrule="60001" initf="eth2" srcmac="c4:39:3a:91:36:86" dstmac="0:15:17:6d:3b:7d" srcip="129.121.176.245" dstip="5x.x.x.xx9" proto="6" length="40" tos="0x00" prec="0x20" ttl="44" srcport="58770" dstport="21" tcpflags="ACK FIN"[/SIZE][/FONT] 
 
 

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Sophos Intrusion Prevention Log:
 
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]/var/log/ips/2013/11/ips-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:00:22 gateway snort[22227]: id="2101" severity="warn" sys="SecureNet" sub="ips" name="Intrusion protection alert" action="drop" reason="APP-DETECT failed FTP login attempt" group="242" srcip="192.168.x.x" dstip="129.121.176.245" proto="6" srcport="21" dstport="43642" sid="13360" class="Misc activity" priority="3" generator="1" msgid="0"[/SIZE][/FONT]
 
[FONT=monospace][FONT=monospace][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]/var/log/ips/2013/11/ips-2013-11-02.log.gz:2013:11:02-18:17:01 gateway snort[22227]: id="2101" severity="warn" sys="SecureNet" sub="ips" name="Intrusion protection alert" action="drop" reason="APP-DETECT failed FTP login attempt" group="242" srcip="192.168.x.x" dstip="129.121.176.245" proto="6" srcport="21" dstport="58770" sid="13360" class="Misc activity" priority="3" generator="1" msgid="0"[/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
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[/FONT]I think it's obvious that 129.121.176.245 scanned my public IP's and attempted to gain access via port 21 but I'm concerned that one of my private IP's shows as the source/attacker.


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  • It look like your internal IP is indeed the source and the other address the destination. If you are not aware of using any FTP related application, then you'd better scan that PC for viruses/malware.
    Strange thing is your firewall says the external host requested port 21 on your internal IP. Are you sure you don't have any NAT rules for this traffic?

    BTW obfuscating your own (private) IP doesn't really do anything since these addresses are always and only usable in your own network. It won't help anyone identifying you....
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  • It look like your internal IP is indeed the source and the other address the destination. If you are not aware of using any FTP related application, then you'd better scan that PC for viruses/malware.
    Strange thing is your firewall says the external host requested port 21 on your internal IP. Are you sure you don't have any NAT rules for this traffic?

    BTW obfuscating your own (private) IP doesn't really do anything since these addresses are always and only usable in your own network. It won't help anyone identifying you....
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