Reply to: How can I beat a hacker

[ratewhore]

*sticks Ratewhore's name against IT Service Continuity in my networking list...*

you can all feel free to do the same...

[cojak]

*sticks Ratewhore's name against IT Service Continuity in my networking list...*

[ratewhore]

I've passed that on to my host.

We're back but only till the hacker decides to hit us again as we have no defence. It may buy us more time to get another solution though. All suggestions are welcome.

You seem a bit defeatist. There's a host of things you can do including the following:

1) Proper network segmentation and robust firewalling.
2) Intrusion prevention software.
3) Server hardening (including up to date patching).
4) Defensive coding strategy (if you develop your own software).

Of course, these are just some of the technical measures you can take. You (or your provider), should have the proper management framework in place to ensure your ongoing security regime matches the current threat landscape.

[Nicky G]

I did rid the site of the BNP racists when I bought it and perhaps it is one of those but I don't know.

Cough Cough. You never banned me Gerry. This fishy business sounds like the work of Towg to me.

[Cliphead]

Spend some money on vBulletin

[mrdavies]

I assume you have moved away from PHP nuke, or at least upgraded it?

Another CMS solution I have used is www.mamboserver.com, might be worth a look. Also, I have used http://www.dotnetnuke.com/ which is also worth a look.

[ITContractor]

I've passed that on to my host.

We're back but only till the hacker decides to hit us again as we have no defence. It may buy us more time to get another solution though. All suggestions are welcome.

[ratewhore]

consider this:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01...apps_security/

[ITContractor]

It looks like the hacker with the vendetta has won and we will have to rewrite the site.

[expat]

Hold on Mr Admin - you're new around here, aren't you. (And if it's you James, you forget regulars v. quickly).

This is Gerry/FromtheUSA/NamesFacesPlaces and is a (very) old contributer to this forum.

We know which site he owns, he's just asking for help. Cut him a bit of slack.

Indeed, CUK. You get the best free content in the field here on these forums, mainly because we all come here and think of it as "our" place. Such gross rudeness to an old and affectionately respected contributor is quite out of order. Might even drive people away to other sites (and indeed we can find Gerry's site ourselves thank you).

Now ban me for not showing respect.

[ITContractor]

Gerry is that Lyndsey who's having some problems?

He's not the one who has been pursued previously (both of those were agents) by the hacker but yes, Lindsey is trying to fix it.

[MarillionFan]

"One of the guys who he targeted was so afraid he put up all sorts of security at his house including lights which came on when someone came near his house."

If I have became intimidated by some spotty techie geek who threatened me on the web then it's time to give up my hard guy mantle.

[MarillionFan]

Gerry is that Lyndsey who's having some problems?

[ITContractor]

Hold on Mr Admin - you're new around here, aren't you. (And if it's you James, you forget regulars v. quickly).

This is Gerry/FromtheUSA/NamesFacesPlaces and is a (very) old contributer to this forum.

We know which site he owns, he's just asking for help. Cut him a bit of slack (maybe you could have placed this in Technical tho', G.).

Perhaps I should have put it there but as the one who suggested this Business Forum in the first place (which was acted on) I probably thought it was the place to ask the questions.

Normally those that try and flog their sites on Forums this are those with new sites but I pay good money for a company with expertise in Search Engine Optimisations and in creating links which is a much better way to get traffic than sticking something on a Forum.

I do have a genuine problem. I appear to have someone unknown who has been try to f**k me up for a very long time. Why, I don't know, but there are some strange people around. It's just been a bit of a nuisance before but now it's become more than that.

I'd like to both make my site attack proof and to nail the b*****d who is doing it.

He doesn't appear to be able to attack my other site perhaps because it is bespoke software but from my SE info I can see that he has been trying to report it for abuse etc. (which is a bit of a joke after his horse porn attacks on the site which has been hacked).

He has been posting derogatory comments on my other site in the Article Comments but I took the policy of quietly deleting them.

Perhaps I need a psychological profile of the type of person who does this. It's not nice to have someone you don't know spending a great deal of their time trying to screw you up for no reason that you can see.

I did rid the site of the BNP racists when I bought it and perhaps it is one of those but I don't know.

At one point he kept posting my name and address on the site which he must have taken a bit of time to find out.

One hesitates to give the guy publicity as I suspect that is what they thrive on.

Before I made the Forum members only I had two contacts at different times from the Internet Police asking for my help in tracking someone who was causing problems for other people both via my site and via post and email.

One of the guys who he targeted was so afraid he put up all sorts of security at his house including lights which came on when someone came near his house.

I helped the Internet Police as much as I could and put on my Forum that I had done so. However he is an arrogant b*****d and boasted that he couldn't be caught (he spoofs his IP addresses).

However, they couldn't catch him (he taunts me every so often about this) and now he looks as if he is concentrating his efforts in screwing me up.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

This is NOT a publicty stunt.

[cojak]

Your site blows, go advertise it elsewhere.

Hold on Mr Admin - you're new around here, aren't you. (And if it's you James, you forget regulars v. quickly).

This is Gerry/FromtheUSA/NamesFacesPlaces and is a (very) old contributer to this forum.

We know which site he owns, he's just asking for help. Cut him a bit of slack (maybe you could have placed this in Technical tho', G.).