Governator 54 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Hello Everyone Once Again,I woke up early this morning and to my surprise just like everyone else.. noticed threads were deleted.On saturday night when the board was intruded he managed to get himself access to one of our moderator accounts which let him delete the threads.I've done some tweaks which should let me able to recover any future deleted threads if the problem were to come back.I'll be working throughout the day trying to resolve any additional security problems.Thanks,Gov Link to post Share on other sites
Canuckickstan 2 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Whoa, Harrah's has some pull. Is this the same thing that caused the virus warnings. Those wankers. Link to post Share on other sites
missIdaho 1 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Ummmm ...... for those of us that were gone over the weekend, can we get a recap on what happened here? Who screwed up the forum? Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Ummmm ...... for those of us that were gone over the weekend, can we get a recap on what happened here? Who screwed up the forum?Shutup. Link to post Share on other sites
Governator 54 Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Ummmm ...... for those of us that were gone over the weekend, can we get a recap on what happened here? Who screwed up the forum?The forum was down saturday night, unfortunatly we were dealing with a forum hacker. He left his mark by linking to a virus script hosted on a different server.For those who visited the forum saturday evening (July 15th) using Internet Explorer I personally adivse that you run a virus scan. Before running your scan make sure your software is up to date.If you don't have AntiVirus software I suggest downloading AVG Free Edition. Check for updates, click test center and then do a full system scan.The virus that was run from an external script was a WMF virus. There are variations of this virus but if you want to read up further please follow the link below:http://virusbusters.itcs.umich.edu/viruslist/wmf.htmlThe security holes have been patched and the forum has been upgraded from 2.1.6 to 2.1.7 (Which was released July 13th).Top 2 Internet Safety Tips:- Download and set Mozilla Firefox as your default browser. Since Internet Explorer is installed by default with the operating system, viruses attack the software with everything they have. The browser has a lot of security holes and hackers have exploited them countless times.- Install Virus protection. I recommend AVG Free Edition which comes with free updates. Keep it running at all times and do yourself a favour and make sure it's up to date.Firefox + AVG = A safer browsing experience! Link to post Share on other sites
missIdaho 1 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Shutup.make me Link to post Share on other sites
ColeSLaw 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Does that suggest that the hacker had access to forum passwords and account email addresses?If so, I would recommend anyone that has the same password for this site as their contact email address, change them immediately. Link to post Share on other sites
Savage 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I would imagine that stuff such as passwords would be encrypted so nobody would be able to access them.Its sad to think somebody would go to the effort of doing all of this. Link to post Share on other sites
Governator 54 Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Does that suggest that the hacker had access to forum passwords and account email addresses?If so, I would recommend anyone that has the same password for this site as their contact email address, change them immediately.All passwords are encrypted, he had access at one point to change account passwords but that's his limitation. Link to post Share on other sites
ForRealDD 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Alright, seriously....does this mean I have a virus ? I knew I should have been smarter.... Link to post Share on other sites
ColeSLaw 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 All passwords are encrypted, he had access at one point to change account passwords but that's his limitation.Oh, thank you for the quick reply.You obviously work hard and suffer the greatest nuisance because of this. Hope you have got more than 3 hours sleep last night, and thanks for the polite responses even/especially to people quite agitated by this. Link to post Share on other sites
fatman 1 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Alright, seriously....does this mean I have a virus ? I knew I should have been smarter....Maybe one of the funniest posts I have ever read. Link to post Share on other sites
fleung22 1 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Ummmm ...... for those of us that were gone over the weekend, can we get a recap on what happened here? Who screwed up the forum?wow...I feel so honoured to be in Miss Idaho's sig Link to post Share on other sites
greatwhite 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Yeah, my $3000 omaha high-low thread was deleted. I wondered where it went. Link to post Share on other sites
Spademan 94 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 wow...I feel so honoured to be in Miss Idaho's sig I feel so honoured to be in Miss Idaho. Link to post Share on other sites
Golden 2 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 If he only deleted posts in General, there's really no loss. Link to post Share on other sites
PCPinkoLiberal 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 If he only deleted posts in General, there's really no loss.Unless he did other things we don't know about yet.And, there WAS valuable information in those threads. Link to post Share on other sites
kennyg1966 0 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 hey GOV are ya slacking off with the security stuff Link to post Share on other sites
Spademan 94 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 hey GOV are ya slacking off with the security stuff I took a screenshot because this is my favorite post ever. Link to post Share on other sites
kennyg1966 0 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I took a screenshot because this is my favorite post ever. Link to post Share on other sites
Emmser 0 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 hey GOV are ya slacking off with the security stuff Bump Link to post Share on other sites
Governator 54 Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 BumpJust call me a slacker. Link to post Share on other sites
kennyg1966 0 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Just call me a slacker.well we will let you off with a warning this time!! Just call me a slacker.Gov. May 30th last blog entry...wow you are a slacker!! Link to post Share on other sites
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