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Chris Hurd · January 11th, 2008, 05:51 PM

Okay, so we got hosed by a malicious script due to a security leak in our image gallery and were offline for about an hour and a half. Anybody who was online at the time and saw that, you might want to run a spyware sweep on your system just to be on the safe side.

No forum data was lost -- everything (recent posts, etc.) is intact -- the security breach has been plugged and I don't think it'll happen again. My apologies for the inconvenience. I'm just glad it happened at the end of the week but before the weekend started.

Nothing to see here... carry on...

Mikko Wilson · January 11th, 2008, 05:56 PM

Glad to see you are back up with nothing lost Chris. :)

- Mikko

Glenn Chan · January 11th, 2008, 05:57 PM

That was fixed pretty fast! Good job. :)

Liam Carlin · January 11th, 2008, 06:01 PM

good job you got it fixed :)

Josh Chesarek · January 11th, 2008, 06:06 PM

Glad to see all is well. I did some scans with Hijack This, Ad Aware, and Spybot and nothing has turned up. Im on Vista 64.

Tom Hall · January 11th, 2008, 06:15 PM

DVXuser was worried. Good to here you guys are back up

Christopher Witz · January 11th, 2008, 06:29 PM

wow.... good job! I got a bit scared there.... don't know what I'd do without my dvinfo addiction!

Hugh Mobley · January 11th, 2008, 06:41 PM

I use Malware Pro it found what ever it was something I haven't seen before, but it always finds that stuff. good program!

Frank Granovski · January 11th, 2008, 07:10 PM

There is an image gallery?

Sam Houchins II · January 11th, 2008, 07:11 PM

Nice recovery! Thanks for staying on top of it and restoring this great service. Somebody must've perceived what a valuable target DV Info is. Whew! Y2K8 and still serving.

Joe Lawry · January 11th, 2008, 09:05 PM

That was ridiculously fast. Well done Chris!

Mike Andrade · January 11th, 2008, 10:28 PM

That was fast. I ran into it on my computer at work. What steps should I take to ensure it didn't leave any nasties behind. Its a Mac.

Evan C. King · January 12th, 2008, 09:43 AM

Great job containing that guys. I was on at the time on my work computer and was like wtf. Why do people have to be such douchebags?

Bill Pryor · January 12th, 2008, 09:56 AM

Hey, Mike, I don't think we picked up anything on Macs.

Greg Boston · January 12th, 2008, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Pryor

Hey, Mike, I don't think we picked up anything on Macs.

I opened it with my Vista machine and it downloaded a .RAM file to the desktop. I immediately deleted that file then disconnected from the net and ran a scan. It came up clean.

I opened it with the Mac and Safari gave me a pop up about not having the correct plug-in for a mime type of unknown.

I'm hopeful that nobody had their system compromised.

-gb-

January 11th, 2008, 05:51 PM	#1
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,369 Images: 513	Sorry about that, folks... Okay, so we got hosed by a malicious script due to a security leak in our image gallery and were offline for about an hour and a half. Anybody who was online at the time and saw that, you might want to run a spyware sweep on your system just to be on the safe side. No forum data was lost -- everything (recent posts, etc.) is intact -- the security breach has been plugged and I don't think it'll happen again. My apologies for the inconvenience. I'm just glad it happened at the end of the week but before the weekend started. Nothing to see here... carry on... __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

January 11th, 2008, 05:56 PM	#2
Mikko Wilson Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Juneau, Alaska, USA Posts: 624	Glad to see you are back up with nothing lost Chris. :) - Mikko __________________ Mikko Wilson - Steadicam Owner / Operator - Juneau, Alaska, USA +1 (907) 321-8387 - mikkowilson@hotmail.com - www.mikkowilson.com

January 11th, 2008, 06:01 PM	#4
Liam Carlin Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 154	good job you got it fixed :) __________________ www.basicproduction.co.uk

January 11th, 2008, 06:06 PM	#5
Josh Chesarek Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 978	Glad to see all is well. I did some scans with Hijack This, Ad Aware, and Spybot and nothing has turned up. Im on Vista 64. __________________ Simple Thought Productions - Life @ 30,000 Words per second

January 11th, 2008, 06:41 PM	#8
Hugh Mobley Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Placentia, Calif Posts: 549	I use Malware Pro it found what ever it was something I haven't seen before, but it always finds that stuff. good program! __________________ Hugh Mobley www.petplanetvideos.com http://exposureroom.com/members/hmobley.aspx/

January 11th, 2008, 05:57 PM	#3
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	That was fixed pretty fast! Good job. :)

January 11th, 2008, 06:15 PM	#6
Tom Hall New Boot Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 22	DVXuser was worried. Good to here you guys are back up

January 11th, 2008, 06:29 PM	#7
Christopher Witz Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 591	wow.... good job! I got a bit scared there.... don't know what I'd do without my dvinfo addiction!

January 11th, 2008, 07:10 PM	#9
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	There is an image gallery?

January 11th, 2008, 07:11 PM	#10
Sam Houchins II Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 282	Nice recovery! Thanks for staying on top of it and restoring this great service. Somebody must've perceived what a valuable target DV Info is. Whew! Y2K8 and still serving.

January 11th, 2008, 09:05 PM	#11
Joe Lawry Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 418	That was ridiculously fast. Well done Chris!

January 11th, 2008, 10:28 PM	#12
Mike Andrade Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 136	That was fast. I ran into it on my computer at work. What steps should I take to ensure it didn't leave any nasties behind. Its a Mac. __________________ Mike A Last edited by Pete Bauer; January 11th, 2008 at 11:09 PM. Reason: removed d-word

January 12th, 2008, 09:43 AM	#13
Evan C. King Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 532	Great job containing that guys. I was on at the time on my work computer and was like wtf. Why do people have to be such douchebags?

January 12th, 2008, 09:56 AM	#14
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	Hey, Mike, I don't think we picked up anything on Macs.