hacked by a hacker

theknowledge · Post by **theknowledge** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:24 pm

did anyone else get hacked by <hacker name removed>? I went to my joomla site and this came up (link is not my site, but some other poor guy who seems to have been hacked):

calisto · Post by **calisto** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:04 am

I have been hacked by this guy,too.
He deleted my admin backend and (I guess) got access via the password vulnerability.
For security reasons I deleted all and made a new installation with a clean database
and changed all passwords. I am running now 1.5.6 and before 1.5.4 .

So, we see it is very important to keep an eye on updates and security warnings.

All the best from Germany,
Andreas

tommedema · Post by **tommedema** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:51 am

Theknowledge,

what version were you using?

calisto · Post by **calisto** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:07 am

Hello,
I had version 1.5.4 but look here to get more information.
http://developer.joomla.org/security/ne ... ality.html

theknowledge · Post by **theknowledge** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:53 am

tommedema wrote:Theknowledge,

what version were you using?

1.5.5

Gergo Erdosi · Post by **Gergo Erdosi** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:15 pm

Moderator note: Hacker reference removed. Topic moved from 1.5 General Questions to 1.5 Security.

theknowledge · Post by **theknowledge** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:33 pm

why was hacker reference removed?

Gergo Erdosi · Post by **Gergo Erdosi** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:52 pm

Advertisement is not allowed, even for a hacker.

en-ig-m4 · Post by **en-ig-m4** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:32 pm

erdsiger wrote:Advertisement is not allowed, even for a hacker.

I think it'd be better said if it were termed " *especially* for a hacker ".... LOL

Gergo Erdosi · Post by **Gergo Erdosi** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:08 pm

Yes, that sounds better.

sonnybunny · Post by **sonnybunny** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:11 am

My site www.sonnybunny.com has just been hacked by some ****! named sniper***. Does any one know if this wil delete all my data or any thing like that. Can I restore my site some how? Could I hack back into it like he did? I really need help as I dont want to loose all my info

thanks

dazza_dog · Post by **dazza_dog** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:25 am

sonnybunny wrote:Does any one know if this wil delete all my data or any thing like that.

Probably not

Can I restore my site some how?

Delete all you files and restore your backup

Could I hack back into it like he did?

WHY

It will be easier to upgrade to 1.5.6 and reset your admin password (Search the postings here for more info as I don't know the posting off the top of my head)

If you search the postings here you will find a lot of information and detail about recovering your site

marcreidy · Post by **marcreidy** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:27 am

I had a few sites hacked by this guy...an amateur I think...if you look in the document that he inserted it is built using msword. MSWord inserts invisible metadata and this one has this info

<o:DocumentProperties>
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<o:Revision>3</o:Revision>
<o:TotalTime>20</o:TotalTime>
<o:Created>2008-08-24T05:58:00Z</o:Created>
<o:LastSaved>2008-08-24T06:18:00Z</o:LastSaved>
<o:Pages>1</o:Pages>
<o:Words>83</o:Words>
<o:Characters>476</o:Characters>
<o:Company>TOSHIBA</o:Company>
<o:Lines>3</o:Lines>
<o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs>
<o:CharactersWithSpaces>558</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
<o:Version>12.00</o:Version>
</o:DocumentProperties>

[removed]

I emailed his provider also with this info...dunno if it will do anything but sure we'll see.

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