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Originally posted by Haken:
It's like a war against bots.

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Originally posted by Haken:
Yup, you read right, we're under a DOS attack and the bots are going nuts trying to inject more bad scripts all over the place.

From what I can tell, they're coming from Egypt, Taiwan, Russia, and Brazil at the moment. Things are going to be rough for a while until all this passes.

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
So that was what was up yesterday... Jeez.

I gotta plead complete ignorance here but what is a DOS? and an SQL was it? And why hack, to what gains?

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
I gotta plead complete ignorance here but what is a DOS? and an SQL was it? And why hack, to what gains?

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The bots responsible for these attacks inject javascript code into the SQL server so that when a dynamically generated page (like this one) is served up, the javascript runs on the user's browser to to redirect the browser to a website that has more malicious code that attempts to infect the user's computer to either gather data or to propagate itself further.

In order to do this, the bots probe all the site's pages for vulnerabilities. Imagine a lot of computers loading hundreds of pages all at the same time. FFF.NET, being a small site with limited bandwidth, can't handle that type of traffic and eventually stops working.

Since the last attack, I've patched some of the holes, at least the ones I know of, to prevent the injection from working or affecting other people.

However, there's little I can do about the DOS attack. The best I could do was to block a whole segment of the world off, particularly Asia, since it's where most of these attacks come from.

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They're less than human is why. I suppose they spent too much time looking into the black and lost their minds.

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Good grief!!! People do this kind of thing? What the hell for? I can't claim to fully understand this, but however you are doing it, well done for deflecting these guys. Seems like a nightmare! I find it incredible you can keep this site running with such determined 'bots' as you call them trying to attack the site in such large numbers at any given time.

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Originally posted by Knightreyeder:
I see the money/motivation there, and had never heard this take on the virus scan companies.....hummmmmm, interesting.

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Looking back, those nights of being wild were fun indeed. But, again, I digress.

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Looking back, those nights of being wild were fun indeed. But, again, I digress.

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wags finger - for shame... tut tut:):)

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If one is into conspiracies, the urban myth (or joke) is that many of these viruses, trojans, and bots are created by anti-virus companies. It's a guarantee moneymaker. Either pay for your antivirus subscription or risk infection. When business is slow, the antivirus companies and security firms release one or several of these things and everyone will come paying. Ah, but I digress.

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It's also very easy to do these days because toolkits for this stuff are readily available, and one no longer requires much programming skill, if any at all, to become a mad hacker on the verge of cyber world domination (at least that's the mindset).

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Oddly enough while I'd never thought of taking it as far as a conspiracy theory I have NEVER installed anti-virus software on my computers. Even the work ones of which we have four connected to the internet, and I'm happy to say we have never had any trouble with a virus. My home computer likewise.

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In other words, don't open any attachment you don't know that will run something on your computer. Joke spams that contain powerpoint presentations are notorious. Not all are bad, but some do contain macros and will infect the unsuspecting.

Don't go to any websites you know will launch 10,000 popups that wants you to install something. I know some of you know what these sites are, and if you don't, then good for you.

Also don't install any software that you don't know about without Googling it first or if you're a BitTorrent user, please read the comments.

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Hacking competitions eh? Interesting.... Could be a script in there somewheres. Hmmmm

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LOL...there was, and it stars a young and short-haired Angelina Jolie. The movie is of course, Hackers.

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
HA! I was thinking more along the lines of War Games :D or Whizz Kids but now I'm really showing my age :D

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Speaking of War Games, did you see 'War Games: The Dead Code?' It's somewhat of a sequel to the original in that a central figure from the 1983 original makes a return. To be honest, I found the movie more enjoyable than it really should be. Especially if one has a couple of hours to waste.

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
She was the reason I watched Short Circuit

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Remember Ally Sheedy from the original?... Man did I have a crush on her back in the day.... She was the reason I watched Short Circuit :D

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Remember Ally Sheedy from the original?... Man did I have a crush on her back in the day.... She was the reason I watched Short Circuit :D

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Originally posted by MSB:
yes that was out loud...but we love you anyway:)

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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
There is a few good FREE anti virus programs out there. I use AVG and have for several years. It's updated regularly sometimes more than once a day, and I have a scan set for once a day.

I also use the Firefox browser. While not perfect, I think it's better than IE. And I love the cool extensions.

BTW I had a really big crush on Andrew McCarthy. Most girls I knew at that age loved Emilio Estevez but not me.

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

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Originally posted by Haken:
Looking back, those nights of being wild were fun indeed. But, again, I digress.

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Originally posted by miike:
we still flyin wonky as im finding it hard to post new threads

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