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ronster1

11-07-2004 02:27 PM

My VB was hacked into

What security measures do I or can I take to keep this from happening again. Someone got into my VB and added themselves as a administrator then emailed me a list of users and their passwords. I password protect my site to begin with. I need to know what to do.

Thanks in advance.

Paul M

11-07-2004 02:39 PM

I thought passwords were one way encoded, so how could they e-mail them to you, even after getting access - are you sure it was genuine and not just a hoax ?

Colin F

11-07-2004 02:47 PM

ronster1,

What version of vBulletin are you running?
I see you have your forum behind a htaccess allready, but it might be a good idea to have a seperate htaccess to your admincp and modcp directories.

Also, it might be good to change all your cpanel/plesk/FTP/SSH/Telnet passwords.

Link14716

11-08-2004 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M

I thought passwords were one way encoded, so how could they e-mail them to you, even after getting access - are you sure it was genuine and not just a hoax ?

Passwords are double md5'd with a salt in vB3, and md5'd in vB2. So yeah, there is no retrieving the original password.

paulyy

11-08-2004 02:22 PM

How secure is the box you're hosted on? Is it kept up to date? Does it need patches?

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