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21 August 2020, 17:40 | #22 |
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There has been an update of good news.
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21 August 2020, 18:08 | #23 |
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Password changed. Thanks for the heads up.
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21 August 2020, 19:45 | #24 |
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It's such a shame that running a forum as a hobbyist is basically lo longer viable.
Whether its from gdpr or constant hack attempts you more or less need a managed service now unless your hobby is also IT security and web privacy law. |
22 August 2020, 09:00 | #25 |
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I make it a habbit to always use a different password for different hosts.. this covers the case of your password being leaked from any...
otherwise in a while you will receive a blackmail e-mail by a scammer telling you "we got your password" etc etc... "send money so we dont leak your webcam vids" etc etc... (even if you dont have a webcam) :-P |
22 August 2020, 10:38 | #26 |
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Did you say the used all of the hacked accounts to upvote Doom to the top of the table. ?????
Anyone smell Doomy ? ?? Not info-sec, the bane of my life Last edited by lilalurl; 22 August 2020 at 12:36. |
12 July 2024, 22:35 | #27 |
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SQL injection, LA and L64 sites compromised. The hackers want money to reveal how they did it.
It may take some time to secure the site, but Kim says it can be done given some time. This is an increasing problem, so I hope eab is secure? |
13 July 2024, 07:27 | #28 |
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Ouch Fingers crossed it can be sorted quickly. I'll ask RCK about it once he is available again.
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13 July 2024, 09:15 | #29 |
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Damn! I did notice that the site was down and I suspected something bad... hopefully the site will be fixed and up soon and there won't be data loss...
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13 July 2024, 09:31 | #30 |
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Going after some niche hobby sites, that's really f-ed up.
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13 July 2024, 10:04 | #31 |
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A niche forum will be an easy target, sadly
I don't know what forum software they use over there but anything bought probably has a huge list of known vulnerabilities a hacker or even just a script kiddie could use. That's why you've got to keep up with the updates and even then there's no guarantee they fix everything. |
13 July 2024, 12:49 | #32 |
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It's gutting that people out there are so petty, but unfortunately they are. And that, more than anything is why Forums should run on modern, updated software even if it means they aren't as easily browsable on a real Amiga.
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13 July 2024, 13:07 | #33 |
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...but hasn't Lemon been overhauled recently? I'm pretty sure there was a big update to the software somewhere last year. Also all the passwords were force-changed.
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13 July 2024, 13:15 | #34 |
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Yes, it was.
I lost my old Lemon64 account because of it. The email I used to register way back when in early 2000s went down the tubes just before that happened and it's needed to update password on my old forum account. |
13 July 2024, 13:40 | #35 |
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The forum uses PHPBB. I presume the database uses SQL. Hackers can get around any updates and just walk straight in to your computer unless you get domain protection, and even then, using SQL is very old.
It's going to take maybe a few weeks to sort this out, maybe months, so all we can do is wait and see. No data has been deleted. From the look of things, its the domain which seems hacked. |
13 July 2024, 14:33 | #36 |
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SQL injection is a flaw in non SQL code, not in SQL itself. And it's very easy to avoid so there's really no excuse for a modern system to be vulnerable to it.
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13 July 2024, 14:50 | #37 |
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It's a nightmare for us to be without this invaluable resource for Amiga and C64 retrogaming. I'd noticed an increase in the amount of spam messages recently, which may be related to what's happened. I really hope it can be back up and running shortly. Do we know what the impact on the competition will be?
Not sure of the exact situation with the sites, but I know Kim Lemon himself has had health challenges in recent years, so that may have limited the time that could be put into securing the site. |
13 July 2024, 18:24 | #38 |
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what a sad news
wondering whats the point in attacking a retrogaming forum |
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I dont know what you mean by competition. If you mean rival sites like MobyGames, maybe they will be ok? I dont think this is targetting Commodore users specifically, (or we should start asking around Atari Age), and these guys seem like chancers to me. If you mean the games competition on L64, the scores are kept on a different server, so it should be possible to make a post in the Competition section of EAB and carry on posting scores as normal. We dont know if this will be fixed any time soon, so at this stage I am willing to risk saying maybe a few months? Last edited by lifeschool; 13 July 2024 at 18:31. |
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If they have a backup of forum and site, could be move to another server.
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