Hacked?

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I've just checked my firewall program "ZoneAlarm", and it says that the destination IP IS that IP! In other words, my computer. s**t s**t s**t! Who has hacked into my computer??? You're sure that's atomika's IP???

No I may just guess the wrong IP. Its just when Atomica posted 3 times in that thread
"FOOLS" and 2 post at the last minute. And I have that IP address listed 3 times in the
same place.

Its possible he did not upload the image and I do not have his IP address.

Sorry. Panic attack. You said that it was a list of IPs that downloaded your poodle image. f**k, that gave me a f*****g heart-attack. I'm a bit paranoid about hackers after downloading a trojan last year. It took me months to get rid of it. I was told ZoneAlarm was a good firewall.

Anyone knowledgeable about IPs? I've got a list of them on my Alerts and Logs, and some have the 203.45 prefix.

Just means he lives nearby.

This bull is making me sleepy.

Gotta go.

Wish you guys the best.

Last edited by Flagg on 07 Feb 2007, 5:34 am, edited 1 time in total.

I'd suggest asking around in the computers forum, there may be a guy there who can help ya.

/me is not amused at the lack of security on this site Or at getting stoopid e-mails...grrrr

In other words, possibly in Australia......

Forums, especially phpbb, have been known for being easy to "hack". Most of the "hackers" are JERKS! They think it makes them look BIG. They are worse than taggers of buildings. I WISH they could see how people like myself view them.

Alex should get this patched and should get somebody that KNOWS PHP and security to look it over. Shutting off register globals could help A LOT also!

Steve

Awww crap what did I miss......

This is the third time I've gone on a forum that gets hacked a little while after I get off!! !!

The last forum that I was on that got hacked never recovered because everything got deleted but this place looks okay which is a good thing.

By the looks of this, the site runs on PHP Nuke (or a fork of it) which is notorious for hack attempts on it, as well as using phpBB (see previous).

alex,i also heard that phpnuke and the php software that is used for the furoms and this sight might have otbe updated, jammie_ had told me that hacks can come in through php and maybe your version of php thats on this site is a bit outdated?? if not that i do believe that theres firewalls for linux,

maybe would a linux firewall cut down or stop these hack attacks by protecting the site's control panel?

*sigh*

This is the kind of thing that makes me sometimes wish I could exterminate the human race...
I hadn't even been here for a while (too busy trying to go on with my life to visit many sites, currently I only read two everyday - and that's because I created one of them), and now I get that silly e-mail...

And for some reason I couldn't use the arrow keys to edit this post for a while... weird.

Anyway... ever heard of a little program called NetLab? Very helpful if you want to trace IP addresses and other stuff. Try to find a copy of version 1.4. It was freeware, but its homepage disappeared some time ago.

Knowing a little bit about how this sort of attack works, I'm thoroughly amused.
When I opened the email I laughed. A good belly laugh.
My first thought was, 'some WP users are going to be very pissed off, some are going to be paranoid and about 5% will laugh with me!'
The IP address will likely mean nothing - they're easy to fiddle with, which means you can zip through little holes in the internet to make it appear that you're in any random bit of the world you like.
The security of the site? Well, what sensitive information is stored on it? A bunch of usernames and email addresses, and... maybe some private forum messages. No credit card information, no phone numbers, no addresses. Worst case scenario is that you start getting spam, and you should be able to delete that with a click of the mouse anyway.
As to who did it, it doesn't have to be someone who uses this site at all. It isn't uncommon for someone in need of an ego boost to find a little exploit in a website, search for other websites using the same structure and pull them all down at once. To annoy one community is okay, but to do it to a dozen (or a hundred) on the same day gives pleasure to small minds.

Anyway.
The correct response to the situation is, 'ha ha, look! An idiot!' and then to continue with your day as if nothing has happened.
'Lets all have icecream!'
'Now that's what I call a sticky situation!'

I'd be willing to help Alex and crew lock down this forum. Can a site admin please PM me.