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Re: hi, need help
From: "Muhammad Naseer" <naseer () digitallinx com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:13:04 +0300
Guys, Hold on ... Seems like from Dhiraj's chat he don't know much about security. Everyone is suggesting vuln. assessment, log file analysis and other techniques which might be new for this guy. Since this guy don't know much about these things so shouldn't he be simply upgrade all the software web server etc .. and carry forward to restore from the backup? I do encourage him to read about security related stuff but that's another go. IMHO provider might not be able to do anything as this sounds like script kiddie attack where they simply change the index page and get a screen shot for their *achievement*. Dhiraj, since you have asked for method to get your original website back, the best way would be to restore from the backups or take a look into your directory structure of website. Most of the times, if you are lucky enough, the hacker simply renames the index (.html, php, jsp, asp) file to something else and upload some relative images. Puts on the new index file and moves on. I don't know what platform your web server was or which OS you were using, but I would go for a full OS reload after such incident because you never know what the hacker did, don't forget to update for software regularly. It may save you to some extent from these sort of things. Also, get a paid security professional if you want an analysis of this incident. Regards, Muhammad On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Adam Pal <pal_adam () gmx net> wrote:
Hi Mahajan 1) take all evidence you can access yourself 2) contact the provider 3) ask the provider for saving logfiles related to the incident 4) ask the provider for a backup (if you dont have a backup yourself) of your original page 5) ask the provider to escalate the issue to its security dept. 6) take legal steps having logs as piece of evidence additional you can inspect the logfiles to determine how the security breach occured and get way to fix it, otherwise you will face the same issue again and again. From this point of view, the information you give is pretty poor because: - you dont tell how it is hosted - you dont tell where it is hosted - you dont mention what type of service, version etc... - you dont mention the URL - you dont mention the timeline - ... good luck! Adam Pal -------- Original-Nachricht --------Datum: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:20:48 +0530 Von: "Dhiraj Mahajan" <dhirajsmahajan () gmail com> An: security-basics () securityfocus com Betreff: hi, need helpsome hacker has hacked my website. (displaying hacked by turkish hacker), now wht shld i do to retrieve my original website. so please guide me how to get rid of tht -- Thanks & Regards, Dhiraj S Mahajan,-- Sensationsangebot nur bis 30.11: GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL für nur 16,37 Euro/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a
Current thread:
- hi, need help Dhiraj Mahajan (Nov 13)
- Re: hi, need help Adam Pal (Nov 13)
- Re: hi, need help Muhammad Naseer (Nov 14)
- Re: hi, need help Tim Clewlow (Nov 14)
- Re: hi, need help mojorising (Nov 17)
- Re: hi, need help pinowudi (Nov 17)
- Re: hi, need help Muhammad Naseer (Nov 14)
- Re: hi, need help Adam Pal (Nov 13)
- Re: hi, need help Kyle Bouchard (Nov 13)
- RE: hi, need help David Crandell (Nov 13)
- Re: hi, need help Gmail-Linux.Gheek (Nov 13)
- Re: hi, need help Jeff Stebelton (Nov 13)
- Re: hi, need help Jon Herron (Nov 13)
- Re: hi, need help Jakub (Nov 13)
- Re: hi, need help Jorge L. Vazquez (Nov 13)