V/Bulletin Getting hacked

[lightwave]

So what if your Board gets hacked. Like all your forums are cleared out.
All your admins are kicked off and you
But your FTP and everything is safe right..
Your kicked off admin and hes got all the powers.
Its happend to me twice, What do i do from Preventing it in the future?

[Ntfu2]

First you need to find the problem. Make sure you are being hacked and its not one of your other admins screwing around trying to feel important.

Depending on how the hack was preformed you could loose total control of your server, until you get in touch with your hosting company or you could simply lose vBulletin.

either way make sure to have some backups, and when you restore, disable all plugins and hacks you've ever installed to make sure your vBulletin is secure, oh and using the latest version always helps

[lightwave]

Yea. I got the latest version.
The first time it happend to me, it was one of my admins.

Second time i cleared my whole FTP cleared tables.
Got new database New FTP
and it still happend.

[Ntfu2]

Did you remove the admin?

[lightwave]

Yes.

I re-installed the whole V/B again cleared out everything and only had 2 other admins i trusted.

And he still hacked me again.
Clearing all forums, then made himself as admin and did whatever.. How?

[Ntfu2]

Hard to say unless he knows your passwords on the server or something.

[Paul M]

make sure tools.php is not uploaded and that he does not have any ftp access.

[Freesteyelz]

For now withhold given out any admin control. Your friend may be trusted but in order to find the problem you can't leaven anything to chance. If you explain to him and he is your friend he/she will understand.

Redo all of your passwords and not something easy someone can figure out. Example:

cookiedoh = Bad
35gr_66f1 = OK
F9$@hR4*_! = Very good.

[Gio~Logist]

Originally Posted by Freesteyelz

For now withhold given out any admin control. Your friend may be trusted but in order to find the problem you can't leaven anything to chance. If you explain to him and he is your friend he/she will understand.

Redo all of your passwords and not something easy someone can figure out. Example:

cookiedoh = Bad
35gr_66f1 = OK
F9$@hR4*_! = Very good.

What about: iohjeodp2iu43hnHJHLKJH3dih2nfio23h498yuf-copux@#(*&$)& ?

[smacklan]

Originally Posted by gio~logist

What about: iohjeodp2iu43hnHJHLKJH3dih2nfio23h498yuf-copux@#(*&$)& ?

hehe...better write that one down to remember it