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| Thread ID: 76741 | 2007-02-14 09:38:00 | ihug (vodafone) having a bad time | rogerp (6864) | PC World Chat |
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| 524668 | 2007-02-15 08:21:00 | lulz. <3 You young 'uns are always good to us. Edit: Man I just can't stop cracking up at the coul'd. So freakin' awesome. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 524669 | 2007-02-15 19:34:00 | www.mybroadband.co.za 70% of Web sites may be at serious and immediate risk of being hacked. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 524670 | 2007-02-16 05:43:00 | And how exactly would that be worked out? | jermsie (6820) | ||
| 524671 | 2007-02-18 21:15:00 | Can anyone tell me how this happened? Does anyone know how the hacker gained access to the server(s)? Ihug says they've plugged the security hole, but I'd like to find out more about this. I have to make a decision regarding my web hosting, and I don't want to make an impulsive decision without knowing a bit more about the problem. Any advice would be appreciated. |
tileguy (11886) | ||
| 524672 | 2007-02-18 23:44:00 | Can anyone tell me how this happened? Does anyone know how the hacker gained access to the server(s)? Ihug says they've plugged the security hole, but I'd like to find out more about this. I have to make a decision regarding my web hosting, and I don't want to make an impulsive decision without knowing a bit more about the problem. Any advice would be appreciated. I pressume they won't tell the real reason, but I think it is most likely because they didn't keep their server software up to date with the latest versions. When a security hole is found in software, updates are issued by the developer to fix the problem. Haackers then search the internet searching for websites that haven't been patched. Things like that can be 'overlooked' when a company changes hands. If you're looking for a good reliable nz based host , PM me and I will tell you who I am using for my clients sites. |
rogerp (6864) | ||
| 524673 | 2007-02-19 02:09:00 | Nearly 600 websites belonging to Kiwi businesses have been hijacked by a Turkish computer hacker. In each case, the content of a site's homepage was replaced with an animated mediaeval knight, Turkish pop music, and a cryptic Turkish message. The security weakness which let the hacker in was fixed yesterday. The hacker, calling himself "iskorpitx", has made about 180,000 attacks since 2003. The attack happened on a US web server run by internet provider Quik. com. Ihug had some customers hosted there that it inherited when it bought the New Zealand subsidiary, Quik. co.nz, last year. Ihug spokeswoman Annabel Gould said Ihug is considering offering compensation to affected customers. Where possible it will move customers to its own "far-more secure servers" From IHUGS page: Quik websites - Updates and resolutions 2007-02-15 13:40:46 SUMMARY: A large US based server owned by a company called Quik International has been hacked. Some Quik NZ web sites were hosted on this server and unfortunately a number of these were defaced. WHEN DID THE PROBLEM START: Sunday February 11th. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? Some Quik.co.nz websites had their homepage replaced with the message "HACKED BY iSKORPiTX TURKISH HACKER dünya markasi taklit edilemez". Email services are not affected at all. TECHNICAL SUMMARY? A security breach of a 3rd party US based server has resulted in web sites throughout the world being defaced. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 524674 | 2007-02-19 04:01:00 | Nearly 600 websites belonging to Kiwi businesses have been hijacked by a Turkish computer hacker. In each case, the content of a site's homepage was replaced with an animated mediaeval knight, Turkish pop music, and a cryptic Turkish message. The security weakness which let the hacker in was fixed yesterday. The hacker, calling himself "iskorpitx", has made about 180,000 attacks since 2003. The attack happened on a US web server run by internet provider Quik. com. Ihug had some customers hosted there that it inherited when it bought the New Zealand subsidiary, Quik. co.nz, last year. Ihug spokeswoman Annabel Gould said Ihug is considering offering compensation to affected customers. Where possible it will move customers to its own "far-more secure servers" From IHUGS page: Quik websites - Updates and resolutions 2007-02-15 13:40:46 SUMMARY: A large US based server owned by a company called Quik International has been hacked. Some Quik NZ web sites were hosted on this server and unfortunately a number of these were defaced. WHEN DID THE PROBLEM START: Sunday February 11th. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? Some Quik.co.nz websites had their homepage replaced with the message "HACKED BY iSKORPiTX TURKISH HACKER dünya markasi taklit edilemez". Email services are not affected at all. TECHNICAL SUMMARY? A security breach of a 3rd party US based server has resulted in web sites throughout the world being defaced. Apparently Snap Internet and Iconz have also had some website hacked today. |
rogerp (6864) | ||
| 524675 | 2007-02-19 06:39:00 | I thought all internet companies used UNIX of some flavour for their servers? Isn't UNIX supposed to be secure? | pctek (84) | ||
| 524676 | 2007-02-19 08:58:00 | Isn't UNIX supposed to be secure?Nothing is 100% secure, and even less so if the admins fail to update the OS with all the security patches. | Jen (38) | ||
| 524677 | 2007-02-19 09:37:00 | I thought all internet companies used UNIX of some flavour for their servers? Isn't UNIX supposed to be secure? Its only as secure as it's weakest link. eg a customers website on teh server may be running an unsecure script such as an old forum, which could potentially open up a trap door ont he server to access other websites. Also the server owners have to update the servers software with the newest patches, which doesn't sound like this was done in the case of ihug. |
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