Dal_1978 #1 Posted October 8, 2012 I have had to take the forum offline while I investigate a potential security breach. I noticed some top level forum labels had been altered - consequently I need to go through and figure out if anything else has been 'amended'. Once I'm happy the site is secure again, I will bring it back online. In the meantime, any attempt to access Atari-Forum will result in a 403 error. Sorry for the inconvenience. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert #2 Posted October 8, 2012 Sorry to hear that--just curious, what forum software are you running? ..Al Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyprian #3 Posted October 8, 2012 wow, good job Dal and thanks for watchfulness Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dal_1978 #4 Posted October 8, 2012 Sorry to hear that--just curious, what forum software are you running? ..Al We're using phpBB 3.0.10 (will be 3.0.11 once I've undone the unwanted changes!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DarkLord #5 Posted October 8, 2012 Ouch. Glad to see you're on top of it. Nice going Dal. I'm lonely already, just knowing AtariForum is down... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+orpheuswaking #6 Posted October 8, 2012 Ouch. Glad to see you're on top of it. Nice going Dal. I'm lonely already, just knowing AtariForum is down... Well we will all have to have fun on Darkforce while we wait Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lp060 #7 Posted October 8, 2012 Ouch. Glad to see you're on top of it. Nice going Dal. I'm lonely already, just knowing AtariForum is down... Imagine the ones with a 5+ post average per day, I won't name any names. Probably curled up in a corner in the fetal postion already. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DarkLord #8 Posted October 9, 2012 Withdrawal symptoms, yeah.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DarkLord #9 Posted October 9, 2012 Well we will all have to have fun on Darkforce while we wait The more the merrier! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+orpheuswaking #10 Posted October 9, 2012 Atari Forum is breached and then Candles page gets injected with malware... it's the Anti Atari League!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+wood_jl #11 Posted October 10, 2012 Atari Forum is breached and then Candles page gets injected with malware... it's the Anti Atari League!!! No doubt, perpetrated by Commodore users!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+DarkLord #12 Posted October 10, 2012 Argh, the evil "Commie" threat rears its ugly head, once again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wongck #13 Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) Great monitoring Dal !! Been sometime since I came here... already forgotten my password. This gives me a more time to work on my programs. Getting it to work on MagiC is a real dog. Edited October 10, 2012 by wongck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wongck #14 Posted October 10, 2012 Hey orpheuswaking, noticed that your're in Indianapolis. Does it usually snow there around Thanksgiving weekend / beginning De c ? I be planning a trip to Florida around that time (but probably next year) and the plane transits there. I don't want to be snowed in and stuck at the airport. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+orpheuswaking #15 Posted October 10, 2012 Nah you will be fine, usually doesn't snow until after Christmas, at least in any quantity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wongck #16 Posted October 11, 2012 Nah you will be fine, usually doesn't snow until after Christmas, at least in any quantity. Opps... the transit is at Minneapolis, not Indianapolis. Guess it's around the same there as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+orpheuswaking #17 Posted October 11, 2012 Not really, You have chances of heavy snowfall in Minneapolis anytime mid November on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fedepede04 #18 Posted October 12, 2012 Hi Dal do you have any ETA about, when you are expecting the site is up and running again /Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dal_1978 #19 Posted October 12, 2012 I need to get it running to a degree this morning. Essentially this is awful timing as this week I had several loooooong days on site with customers (1 was an unscheduled 12 hour marathon) also had 2 studio sessions in the evenings and as I was staying at my parents in London; away from the comfort of decent internet access. I don't really like doing admin stuff over 3G in case it drops out. I really need to apply some patches but I can't risk doing that before I fly out on holiday later today. So I will just tighten some passwords and bring it back up. I will need to take it down once I'm back so I can apply the patches to phpbb, mediawiki and tapatalk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+wood_jl #20 Posted October 12, 2012 SERIOUSLY!! Why would an attacker attack Atari-forum, or Candle's site, for that matter. I mean, seriously, what had they hoped to gain? There are so many more potentially-lucrative sites ON THE WHOLE OF THE INTERNET. Sad, but when this crap happens and the site administrator overcomes it (with much effort), it really show their commitment to the Atari scene for dealing with this crap, and I, for one (and I think a bunch of others) really appreciate it! Best of luck, and THANK YOU. I should say the same of Albert. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OBO #21 Posted October 12, 2012 wood_jl Script-kiddies do not care about the content of the website they target. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fedepede04 #22 Posted October 12, 2012 Thanks Dal. i really appreciate it, and please do not take unnecessary risks, then it is better to wait. i hope you get a good holiday Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrMaddog #23 Posted October 14, 2012 It's back up, yea... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carmel_andrews #24 Posted October 16, 2012 Mr Dal, didn't you say last time your site went down that you were looking to get a new 'hoster' for your site (sorry, couldn't bother myself with locating the relevant thread) If that was so, going by what you said, then shouldn't this 'new hoster' also be providing secure hosting services as part of their remit (seeming as though you are PAYING for their hosting services), which logically means that your site can't get hacked into or changed like you mentioned in post no.1 (unless i am clearly missing something ofcourse) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christos #25 Posted October 16, 2012 Yeah, you are missing how hosting services work. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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