Albert Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 When's the forum update? While I've put it off many times in the past, I've now put it at the front of my plate. All these vulnerabilities in phpBB are just icing on the cake. The sad thing is I purchased a license for IPB back in July of last year.. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Did they release a patch Al, or just a warning? It's only a matter of time before they get back around to us I guess. They released a patch fairly quickly, but it didn't take long for someone to create an exploit for the critical issue that was patched. I didn't even know a new version on phpBB had been released by the time the board was hacked, which occured the day after the patch was released. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Hey for kicks you should just go back to the Nexus style forums and see what people say Hmm, are you talking about the original Nexus boards? I think those were on some freebee public message board. Man that was along time ago... Anyone else still around from those days? Mitch I was just a lurker back in the Nexus days. In part because the forum software made it such a pain to read the threads. For those of you who weren't there, you had to click on each response and wait for it to load. The Stella List archives look similar to it. I had a really slow computer back then, so I only clicked on the threads I really thought were interesting. Good thing there wasn't much activity on the boards back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 They released a patch fairly quickly, but it didn't take long for someone to create an exploit for the critical issue that was patched. I didn't even know a new version on phpBB had been released by the time the board was hacked, which occured the day after the patch was released. Which is pretty much how most Windows hacks work... reverse engineer a patch to find out the exploit, then write something to take advantage of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 The sad thing is I purchased a license for IPB back in July of last year.Ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexKIDD Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 so is it safe to to digital press yet? i've been steering clear of it since i saw this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasoco Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 It's been safe since the hack was fixed. Like many many days ago. You could have been browsing DP happily for days. Go! Go and enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasoco Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Besides, the "Hack" couldn't even hurt you unless you actually installed the "Plugin". If you don't install it, even visiting the page it's located on won't hurt you. (Just beware, the page automatically downloaded it if you sit there for a minute. So one day you're wandering through your Downloads folder and see a stray EXE named "plugin" and figure, "Hmm.. it must be important.. what the hell?" and double-click your computer into obscurity.) Go! Visit! It's been safe since the night the trojan was found! Go!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeykong1 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Bringing this back up so i don't have to start a new thread. Is there something wrong over at Digaital Press? I can't seem to get to the site at all. I get a blank page with this on it: :19638/webhost/rollout">--> anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 It's been down all day, I jyst get a standard "page not found" message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaineMaxwell Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Seems the server was compromised and there was "an outbound DDOS> attack" coming from the box. As a result it's been WIPED CLEAN. It's > going to take quite some time to get everything installed and the > backups uploaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Here's a link to a Yahoo Group with more information. It's where Kaine's quote came from: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/classi...mes/message/378 Incidentally, some of the DP regulars are taking refuge in #vbender on EFnet. If you're looking to get a hold of someone and you know IRC, feel free to join in. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Whatever you do, DO NOT RUN this program. It is most likely spyware or a virus. Either way, being on a Mac, I'm immune, but annoyed I can't even get to the forums. You are LIKELY immune. You are not GUARANTEED immune. There is a POSSIBILITY that it's a Mac trojan instead of a Windows trojan. Less likely, but still possible, is a platform-neutral exploit in the browser. Macs are not invincible. There viruses, spyware, etc that hit Macs. They're jsut less common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 It looks like they at least altered the meta tag to block a refresh. I get this - 19638/webhost/rollout">--> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Gah. I only just realized this was necromanced... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalpress Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 The site and forums are back online. I can't find the post where one of the members here commented on the forum's "too busy" look, but if that's really an issue all you have to do is change the skin template from your user profile. The skin "myApple" eliminates all signatures and has a very clean look; "MSSimplicity" has no signatures OR avatars - and is the one that office-browsing folks use the most. Once again, sorry for the inconvenience. Even after 14 years, we're learning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 If it's back online, how come I get a 404 error every time I try to view? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvgene Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 If it's back online, how come I get a 404 error every time I try to view? 924313[/snapback] Just go to Digitpress.com and then choose the forum from the sidebar on the right. If you try to go to the forums directly, you'll get a 404 error. I'm sure it's just temporary as they're still fixing things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade-N-Games Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 sure looks that way, doesn't it? you can still get to their forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 No - it's just the "guest web site developer of the month" program in action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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