Administrative and Maintenance Tools - [DBTech] vBSecurity v2 (vB4)

vBSecurity: What is it?
vBSecurity keeps a watchful eye over your forum even when you are not there, and has the capability to alert you of any suspicious activity.

Uses

vBSecurity is the ideal product for forums that are concerned about security, or wish to be alerted when something suspicious happens.
It keeps a watchful eye on your configuration file, ensuring that it does not get modified by mods or plugins.
Another important feature is the ability to add a secondary login, unique to each administrator, that is required before accessing the AdminCP. Ideal for forums where multiple administrators may share login information, or where administrators may log in from public computers.
Add in quick settings for the most vital vBulletin Options and Usergroup password settings, vBSecurity can easily be called one of the most comprehensive security suites for your vBulletin forum.

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Major Features
Administrator Security: .htaccess-like logins for your administrators means that even if they use the same password on multiple sites, malicious users still need a fresh, unique password to log in.

Security Watchers: Keep an eye on the most important aspects of vBulletin: config.php tampering, AdminCP / User Account access attempts, vBulletin Options, User Data, Usergroup Settings and Usergroup Permissions.
Detailed changelogs available for each watcher dealing with changes.
IP Ban, User Ban, Email alerts and temporary forum closure options available for each watcher individually.

Lite
* Searchable list of all AdminCP access attempts
* Searchable list of all failed login attempts
* Searchable list of administrator changes for areas governed by the Security Watchers
* vBOption: IP Address whitelist for AdminCP access
* vBOption: Separate "Closed Reason" for closures that happened due to potential security breaches
* Quick setting page for the most important vBulletin Options security settings
* Quick setting page for the most important Usergroup security settings
* Security Watchers: General - config.php Variable Tampering, AdminCP Access Attempts
* Security Watchers: Logins - Failed Logons, Failed Mass Logons
* Security Watchers: vBOptions - vBulletin Active, Reason For Turning vBulletin Off, Banned Email Addresses, Banned IP Addresses, Use Login "Strikes" System, Whitelisted IP Addresses, Whitelisted IP Addresses - Exclude Super Administrators
* Security Watchers: User Data - User Name, Password, Email, Primary Usergroup, Additional Usergroups, Reputation Level, Warnings, Infractions, Infraction Points, Receive Admin Emails
* Security Watcher Actions: 2 thresholds with individual configuration options, IP Ban / User Ban / Email Webmaster / Close Forum options available for each Watcher option listed above. Some watcher options may not have all actions.

Pro
* Optional .htaccess-like login on a per-administrator basis
* Settings Snapshots - take a "snapshot" of how the vBulletin Options look at the time, instant restore by clicking Load on a previous snapshot
* Security Watchers: Usergroup - Password Expiry, Password History, every usergroup permission group, every "value" permission
* IP Guard: Administrator IP Address authorisation scheme (similar to Steam Guard) - Require email verification for new IP addresses to access the AdminCP, per-administrator disable

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[DragonByte Tech]

vBSecurity v1.1.4 Patch Level 2

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the "IP Awaiting Authorisation" message would not display correctly in the DBSEO CP.

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

vBSecurity v1.1.4 Patch Level 3

Bug Fixes:

• The "Unrecognised AdminCP Login From <new IP address>" email would be sent without a subject and body

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

vBSecurity v1.1.5

New Features:

AdminCP Login Viewer

• Paginated list of all AdminCP logins
• Filter by User Name
• Filter by start/end date
• Filter by IP Address
• Change sort column

AdminCP Login Prune

• Only accessible to users with the required config.php permission
• Optional age limit

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

vBSecurity v1.1.6

New Features:

Admin Strikes Viewer: Prune

• Only accessible to users with the required config.php permission
• Optional age limit

Changes To Existing Features:

General / Other

• Streamlined the phrasing for the ACP Logins and Admin Strikes interfaces

Fillip

[highlander29]

I just wanted to say this is a really good mod. I have known about it for the last year but had no idea all of what this did based on the description. It's crazy this hasn't won mod of the month yet. Everyone who runs a VBulletin forum should install this. It provides some nice logging that VBulletin doesn't have natively, it adds additional protections for privileged accounts and it provides some nice options for alerting of suspicious behavior. It even has a check you can run and provides suggestions on things you can do to better lock down your system.

I might have more ideas later but the one suggestion I would have for the developers is to consider bundling the strong authentication mod with this one and have some options to selectively turn that on for moderators, supermoderators and administrators - possibly as an alternative to the IP address check. I'd give the option to do both.

[DragonByte Tech]

vBSecurity v1.1.7

New Features:

Change Log Viewer: Prune

• Only accessible to users with the required config.php permission
• Optional age limit

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

vBSecurity v1.1.7 Patch Level 1

Bug Fixes:

• Turning off the modification via the vBulletin Options will now work as intended

Fillip

[MikeTrin]

I'm noticing super moderators getting block from the moderator control panel with the blocked message saying they are not white-listed for access to the admincp. I thought this was only for blocking access to the admincp, no one reported any problems to me before the last update to vBSecurity. Am I missing something here?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by MikeTrin

I'm noticing super moderators getting block from the moderator control panel with the blocked message saying they are not white-listed for access to the admincp. I thought this was only for blocking access to the admincp, no one reported any problems to me before the last update to vBSecurity. Am I missing something here?

That was added as a feature, they'll receive an email to confirm their IP addresses


Fillip

[MikeTrin]

I thought the feature was added for super administrators. The admin account flagged in the config.php.

I'm talking about super moderators and I'm not seeing any documentation mentioning super moderators.