[SaN-DeeP]

Originally Posted by EvilLS1

I think 90% of the time its script kiddies who mess up peoples boards. They find the vulnerability in certain softwares on these security sites. Alot of these sites also tell you how to exploit the security hole. So even though the script kiddie knows nothing about code or hacking he simply follows the instructions on the security site and "hacks" peoples boards. Why does he do it? Your guess is as good as mine.

Best way to avoid being "hacked" is to keep your forum software up-to-date and be very careful which hacks you install. Only install hacks that you need and check over the code yourself if you know what to look for. I learned that the hard way. My board was hacked about a year ago due to an SQL injection vulnerability with the Store hack for vb2. Luckily damage was minimal b/c I caught him shortly after he gained admin access.

I fully agree with EvilLS1

As additional security measures.
Rename your modcp and admincp dirs and set .hta xs to those

Keep a copy of admincp and modcp dirs, with .hta acces (these dirs will be blank as u already renamed them)

but this way, these newbies or script kiddies would end up messing in places were nothing can be found at all

my 2 cents