fan_yaoi Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I hope all goes well, thanks for all the hard work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 Finally, here are updates about the hack issue. I first contacted Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. , detailing our issue and they explained that for that price ($299.99) they offer only site audit for a period of 1 year, but not a server audit. So, if the backdoor is on the server, they won't clean it. I looked for an alternative, which was kind of a task, as almost everyone was recommending Sucuri. In the end I found about another company, Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. . I talked to them and they said they offer a site + server audit for $150 (a one time deal, unlike Sucuri, who offer it for a whole year, but for 1 site only, not going to server level, which was a must for us). So, we paid Rack911 $150 to have the whole server scanned and cleaned. Here I attach the invoice: After performing the audit, they found indeed 2 backdoors. They found the first backdoor pretty quickly, it was in the forum's database, but they had an extremely hard time with the 2nd backdoor, which was encrypted in several parts, so they found some parts, but couldn't find other parts of it. I wanted to come sooner with the updates, but the specialist from Rack911 said we should keep silent until we locate and remove all the backdoors (in the same time - which happened today), or else we'd just alert the hacker and he'd have time to use one of the left backdoors and take the opportunity to create new ones. Meanwhile, I kept resending all vBulletin original files every 3 days to avoid the popups appearing, even if the backdoors weren't yet cleaned. We are also thinking about getting a contract with a company that protects sites from getting hacked. For the last month, the donation exceeded the server cost + the audit by $40, which will be used for this month's server fee and were deducted from this month's goal. Thanks a lot to everyone who donated and helped us to cover both the server cost and the server audit! It's really really appreciated! Also thanks to all those who tried to come with suggestions and encouragement. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemur7 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 this is good news ..finally you have a solution to the site and servers problem.. that is a great deal of stress off your shoulders...and yes I do agree ...get a contract with a company that will ensure this will not happen again....well worth the money ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlespiral Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Woww~ i'm surprised at how generous our little family are that the donations has exceeded the target~ ^_^ also, great job Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. ~! and also to all members who supported this forum~ i love you guys tons~ *group hugs* let's continue supporting this forum till the hackers gave up! (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ̑̑ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voide Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Great job Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. & all your team mates who spent the time finding ways to keep this forum running. I actually have no clue what you're saying but I think I get the general idea (not a web/system savvy ha). Thank you so much again for the hard work guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nao Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Thanks for all! I'm happy to be a member of this community! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan_yaoi Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Backdoor, frontdoor, Balcony door, as long as i dont loose my key to my own door I'm happy xD So translate into English, does this mean we are free and Clean? cuz if thats the case, then ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemur7 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Backdoor, frontdoor, Balcony door, as long as i dont loose my key to my own door I'm happy xD So translate into English, does this mean we are free and Clean? cuz if thats the case, then ... indeed it does ....this site and forums are squeaky clean ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 @ Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. Yes, as @ Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. said, the forums are free of the hack, so, we are clean again. ;D For those who didn't see, I gave all details in Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. . (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuikiYaya Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 AH!!! I'm sory, I missed the information Sory, I want to help you, but I dont have a paypal Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. Im sory :Sad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. That's ok, we appreciate the intention and all the encouragements and warm messages we get. ;D Luckily a lot of people helped so we could get through it and I want to thank them again with this occasion. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lya Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I'm happy to hear that YO survived this hacker attack. Some real great sites went down because of hacks, so I'm really glad to see this site alive and doing well. Thanks to everyone who supported YO. foxy2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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