Pls help nail this a*hole

Hominid · April 05, 2012, 06:26:56 PM

My wife makes her living through a number of websites she built and maintains, and a Malaysian hacker laid them all to waste yesterday, defacing them and rendering them useless. She has to rebuild from scratch, which will take her days... so, I'm asking for everyone's help to report this guy by going to his Facebook page and reporting him.

Here's his FB page: https://www.facebook.com/RainsevenCyberSecruity

Here's how to report him: https://www.facebook.com/help/reportlinks

His fan page actually lists all the web sites he's defaced, so there's gotta be a Terms of Use violation of some sort.

Fucker...

DigitalBuddha · April 05, 2012, 08:34:58 PM

How come from scratch? I'm a web designer, web development, and eCommerce guru. Each website should have been on a server that is backed up completely everyday. All she would have to do is call the host company(s) and ask them to restore her sites as of a given day like 24 hours prior, also alert them of the hack so they can check their security system; fire wall, DDOS cert, etc. Did she do that before rebuilding any sites?

But, yeah, there are things that can be done to this strumpet nihilist asshole; Across this line, YOU DO NOT...

Hominid · April 05, 2012, 08:57:08 PM

Well, she does have the source on her PC... it's still a pain recreating the databases, re-installing Wordpress and all the Wordpress plugins, etc.

I'm a webhead too, and as you know, ISPs vary widely in their quality of support. We found out that they provide the backup tools on their cPanel management page, so they're absolved from doing any backups themselves. Their response to has asking about protection from a similar attack is that the hacker found a loophole. Well *duh*. She's looking at moving to another ISP. They used to be good, but their support has waned in the last year or so.

The hacker obviously found an exploit that is allowed through firewalls, etc... likely some kind of web server (Apache) thing... Who knows.

DigitalBuddha · April 05, 2012, 11:29:49 PM

Good that she has her own backup of source code, but yeah, rebuilding a site can be a royal pain in the ass. I use RackSpace, they have been pretty reliable.

Check out - http://www.rackspace.com/

Hominid · April 05, 2012, 11:40:16 PM

Thanks DB - they do look good. She's looking into a2webhosting right now; seems our current ISP has fallen behind the times. Just a matter of time before they're history.

DigitalBuddha · April 06, 2012, 01:00:46 AM

You're welcome, dude. No problemo.

Hominid · April 06, 2012, 01:54:57 AM

Now to get the EPP authorizations codes...

DigitalBuddha · April 06, 2012, 03:11:20 AM

Quote from: Hominid on April 06, 2012, 01:54:57 AM
Now to get the EPP authorizations codes...

Your current registrar can give them to you. Registrars are mandated by ICANN agreement to give you your EPP authorization code to your domain names if you ask for them. If they're dicks and refuse they can be "de-accreditated." Not much of a worry there.

Landshark · April 06, 2012, 11:05:35 AM

If those websites were hosted on macs they would have never gotten hacked and would never get viruses. [/sarcasm]

I hope the rebuilding is going well and I wish you and your wife the best of luck.

Hominid · April 06, 2012, 12:37:26 PM

Quote from: Landshark on April 06, 2012, 11:05:35 AM
If those websites were hosted on macs they would have never gotten hacked and would never get viruses. [/sarcasm]

I hope the rebuilding is going well and I wish you and your wife the best of luck.

Thanks LS - Actually the operating system they're hosted on was Linux, so there's not too many exploits compared to Windows... it's usually the web server s/w itself (Apache, Wordpress, Perl, etc) that need patching. But I get your humour. ;-)

My wife has all her content, so it's just a matter of establishing her new account on a2webhosting and re-building... thanks for your moral support.

Admiral Von Snuggles · April 07, 2012, 12:51:20 AM

I don't have a facebook account, but ill be sure to make one and report this guy. Sorry about the websites.

Hominid · April 07, 2012, 12:53:42 AM

Quote from: Admiral Von Snuggles on April 07, 2012, 12:51:20 AM
I don't have a facebook account, but ill be sure to make one and report this guy. Sorry about the websites.

Thanks AVS - welcome to our little beach community! Grab an oat soda and a lane...

Abideist · April 07, 2012, 11:33:23 PM

bummer dude, I'm in the similar boat to a lesser degree. My email account was hacked by from an isp in portugal, then from japan the next day. I assume they sold my password or something. I dunno, I hate the internet and I don't get it. I found out that they are using software and stuff like 'reaver' or something which basically makes it necessary to run off IMG burn type disc, and make huge individual passwords that you have to store on password safes on independant drives.
Also have to change something with a mac address, according to router provider if you want to protect wireless infiltration?
But I'm no expert, and it makes my head spin.

I will vote this turd down the river sir, I see these people bragging all over youtube and the net. Hate em.