Tracy Riddle Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Peter Lemkin Wrote:Any idea who 'done it'? [Did they leave any clues? hints?] As I remember their hack trophy page said something like Moroccan Liberation Front...or along those lines. Were there other vBulletin victims by the same group or person or entity?
No it was the People's Liberation Front of Morocco.
Lol, we ARE in a Monty Python skit. I've suspected it for years.
Yes, we are in Monty Pythonland because it was actually the Popular Front for Moroccan Liberation.
Here are some deep political questions using the Evica-Drago framework.
When is a Mechanic just a Mechanic?
And if the hack is Faciitated, does it matter if the Mechanics are witting or unwitting?
Jan Klimkowski Wrote:Here are some deep political questions using the Evica-Drago framework.
When is a Mechanic just a Mechanic?
And if the hack is Faciitated, does it matter if the Mechanics are witting or unwitting?
Hmmm ...
A Mechanic drops the dime ... pulls the trigger ... clicks "SEND" ...
Prior to the Mechanic's action, the operation is not concluded.
A Mechanic may believe that his or her action is legal and/or necessary for the survival of an ostensibly "good" system -- even when it isn't.
Does it matter if a Mechanic is witting or unwitting?
It doesn't to the target.
I received the following information from one of our members this morning (my time) I thought I'd post it here in case it is of relevance to any one else and so they can make use of this tool if needed.
Quote:I'm not sure if there is any connection but around the time the forum was hacked, I was the recipient of a virus that was almost impossible to remove. This may have just been a coincidence but at any rate I did find a website that enabled me to eradicate the invader. While this site names a particular virus, it would do to eliminate any intruder. I was going to post this info on the forum but really wasn't sure where to put it, so I am sending the info to you. The website is http://malwaretips.com/blogs/win32-d...er-gen-trojan/ and is so involved, it took me almost a full day to do the entire procedure. Please feel free to pass this info on to any who may need it or do as you see fit.
Love the new smileys btw. ::passingjoint::
Bravo Magda! Or was it Peter?
Magda Hassan Wrote:I received the following information from one of our members this morning (my time) I thought I'd post it here in case it is of relevance to any one else and so they can make use of this tool if needed.
Quote:I'm not sure if there is any connection but around the time the forum was hacked, I was the recipient of a virus that was almost impossible to remove. This may have just been a coincidence but at any rate I did find a website that enabled me to eradicate the invader. While this site names a particular virus, it would do to eliminate any intruder. I was going to post this info on the forum but really wasn't sure where to put it, so I am sending the info to you. The website is http://malwaretips.com/blogs/win32-d...er-gen-trojan/ and is so involved, it took me almost a full day to do the entire procedure. Please feel free to pass this info on to any who may need it or do as you see fit.
A couple of points about this.
1. The possibility that the encrypted rogue php files discovered after the hack were intended, among other things, to spread malware cannot be entirely ruled out.
2. There are no longer ANY rogue files on the DPF server. Also, the back-end database server has been pretty thoroughly queried for malicious content that might facilitate further malicious activity and nothing has been found. The database is also new, with a different name and different access credentials.
Also, I accessed the system extensively with a windows 7 machine after the hack, both before and after the site was locked and before any steps were taken to clean up. I did NOT do any regular editing/posting to the forum, blogs or cms though. My machine was not infected in any way.
I don't claim to be any kind of techie professional - just a reasonably competent amateur (if that's not an oxymoron) so, if there are any techies out there with useful observations/suggestions on this little episode please fire away.
Thanks and great job to everyone responsible for bringing the forum back to life.
David Guyatt Wrote:Love the new smileys btw. ::passingjoint::
Bravo Magda! Or was it Peter?
Thanks to all the work. Great to be back. I was suffering withdrawal. ::dancing guy::
A very respectable 40,00 unique views per month. Some one is reading your posts :
:
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[TD]68782[/TD]
[TD]584887[/TD]
[TD]584887[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 2013[/TD]
[TD]30166[/TD]
[TD]61290[/TD]
[TD]461158[/TD]
[TD]461158[/TD]
[TD]12.26 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Mar 2013[/TD]
[TD]34884[/TD]
[TD]76366[/TD]
[TD]681216[/TD]
[TD]681216[/TD]
[TD]17.11 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Apr 2013[/TD]
[TD]33766[/TD]
[TD]82491[/TD]
[TD]627678[/TD]
[TD]627678[/TD]
[TD]17.03 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]May 2013[/TD]
[TD]37976[/TD]
[TD]96320[/TD]
[TD]844765[/TD]
[TD]844765[/TD]
[TD]19.70 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Jun 2013[/TD]
[TD]41897[/TD]
[TD]105148[/TD]
[TD]878262[/TD]
[TD]878262[/TD]
[TD]21.50 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Jul 2013[/TD]
[TD]43766[/TD]
[TD]111407[/TD]
[TD]985010[/TD]
[TD]985010[/TD]
[TD]23.44 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Aug 2013[/TD]
[TD]42915[/TD]
[TD]111896[/TD]
[TD]1385379[/TD]
[TD]1385379[/TD]
[TD]34.79 GB[/TD]
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Magda Hassan Wrote:A very respectable 40,00 unique views per month. Some one is reading your posts ::
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[TD]68782[/TD]
[TD]584887[/TD]
[TD]584887[/TD]
[TD]15.49 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 2013[/TD]
[TD]30166[/TD]
[TD]61290[/TD]
[TD]461158[/TD]
[TD]461158[/TD]
[TD]12.26 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Mar 2013[/TD]
[TD]34884[/TD]
[TD]76366[/TD]
[TD]681216[/TD]
[TD]681216[/TD]
[TD]17.11 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Apr 2013[/TD]
[TD]33766[/TD]
[TD]82491[/TD]
[TD]627678[/TD]
[TD]627678[/TD]
[TD]17.03 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]May 2013[/TD]
[TD]37976[/TD]
[TD]96320[/TD]
[TD]844765[/TD]
[TD]844765[/TD]
[TD]19.70 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Jun 2013[/TD]
[TD]41897[/TD]
[TD]105148[/TD]
[TD]878262[/TD]
[TD]878262[/TD]
[TD]21.50 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Jul 2013[/TD]
[TD]43766[/TD]
[TD]111407[/TD]
[TD]985010[/TD]
[TD]985010[/TD]
[TD]23.44 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Aug 2013[/TD]
[TD]42915[/TD]
[TD]111896[/TD]
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[TD]1385379[/TD]
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Based on the last 3 months, that's over a million visits a year. That's quite something...
Magda Hassan Wrote:A very respectable 40,00 unique views per month. Some one is reading your posts ::
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[TD]34284[/TD]
[TD]68782[/TD]
[TD]584887[/TD]
[TD]584887[/TD]
[TD]15.49 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Feb 2013[/TD]
[TD]30166[/TD]
[TD]61290[/TD]
[TD]461158[/TD]
[TD]461158[/TD]
[TD]12.26 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Mar 2013[/TD]
[TD]34884[/TD]
[TD]76366[/TD]
[TD]681216[/TD]
[TD]681216[/TD]
[TD]17.11 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Apr 2013[/TD]
[TD]33766[/TD]
[TD]82491[/TD]
[TD]627678[/TD]
[TD]627678[/TD]
[TD]17.03 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]May 2013[/TD]
[TD]37976[/TD]
[TD]96320[/TD]
[TD]844765[/TD]
[TD]844765[/TD]
[TD]19.70 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Jun 2013[/TD]
[TD]41897[/TD]
[TD]105148[/TD]
[TD]878262[/TD]
[TD]878262[/TD]
[TD]21.50 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jul 2013[/TD]
[TD]43766[/TD]
[TD]111407[/TD]
[TD]985010[/TD]
[TD]985010[/TD]
[TD]23.44 GB[/TD]
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[TD]Aug 2013[/TD]
[TD]42915[/TD]
[TD]111896[/TD]
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Then how come so few posters? Does the Forum seem 'advanced' and intimidating to some? Or many just like to look and not speak....and who can blame some, as the 'Shadow and the NSA' know who's posting! :
: Or, it could be just be lots of NSA 'spiders' - do they show up as 'visits' or separately? ::prison:: Long ago, one could see who was logged in...and those not members were just labeled as 'visitors', and how many. That function is no longer extant, I believe.