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Dominique wrote:I better add security to my server again.
Any chance you could add a tutorial for that?
It seems like gambling sites are being targetted, someone else from the gpwa had her forum hacked and then spammed with automatic registrations.
Oneguy2nv wrote:Any chance you could add a tutorial for that?I just call my server people and ask them if there is anything new or better we can do. Then they do it.
I am the wrong person to ask tech questions. :bigsmile:
Bryan has removed the hacked page. Although it looks like he is now doing security updates as the site is down.
cyclone wrote:It seems like gambling sites are being targetted, someone else from the gpwa had her forum hacked and then spammed with automatic registrations.that would me me. My site was hacked last week. And last night it was spammed with automated registrations. Both times it was traced to Turkey.
This is disturbing news, can these hackers then steal a complete data base of subscribers to forums, message boards, newsletters etc once they have hacked a site, or is that info safe?
Depending on how they hacked it, if they get access to the server, they have access to all the data. If they can change the page, it’s pretty safe to say that they at least have access to the admin of the software, which would give them complete user info…..
Thanks for the info Fatbill, I presumed website hackers were usually just bored kids wishing to waste their talents by disrupting websites but now there is a commercial purpose to hacking I guess which can’t be good.
Well, there was no real harm done as far as one can see.
Bryan is uploading the entire site though to avoid anyone getting in again – the security problem was an old script.
fatbill wrote:Depending on how they hacked it, if they get access to the server, they have access to all the data. If they can change the page, it’s pretty safe to say that they at least have access to the admin of the software, which would give them complete user info…..I got my phpbb board hacked several time but never got access to member details. They altered my site main page but that was all.
I don;t know much about it but there is different access to alter the website pages and other for the databasesyep – me too, and again, and again…
Thats the one downside to open source scripts. As soon as an exploit is discovered everyone running the particular version is at risk. Its best to keep your versions up to date although this can be very time consuming depending on the changes made between versions.
Bryan has got the casinomeister forum back up
