Cully77 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Got an email saying someone failed to enter my password correctly 5 times, and was blocked for 15 minutes, and gave me the IP. Would it help mods if I post the IP here? Otherwise, I guess I should change my password regardless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 It's been happening lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cully77 Posted March 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Ah, I see that... sorry for not checking first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Be sure to reset your password. I think we can deny by IP address but I also think that the IP does get blacklisted after a certain number of attempts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron7 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Got an email saying someone failed to enter my password correctly 5 times, and was blocked for 15 minutes, and gave me the IP. Would it help mods if I post the IP here? Otherwise, I guess I should change my password regardless... Happened to me too. Traded the IP address to someone in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Here is what happens if you use a poor password and someone gets it: Got it in my PM today from a account registered in 2003. Last activity from it was 2005 before PM spamming today Hi! Attention! If you still dont know about wide range of goods for auto and other branches cheaper than on eBay. Go to http://hotsale-auto.net.tf I would assume it is safe to say that the user didn't just return after 10 years to PM spam, either way i'm taking care of the account Use good passwords, people! It could be worse for this user if he used the same password for his email and the same attacker got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeZ34 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Please keep letting me know if this is happening. I think I have tracked down the link redirecting problem, and I'm hoping that it took care of the spamming problems too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeZ34 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Updates today, posted on the Facebook group: There is no security threat associated with the website that would do harm to your computer. These are automated bots that are trying to gain access to insecure user accounts to post spam messages. (This is why strong passwords are encouraged) We've had a member sorting system in place for a while that moves users who have been inactive for 6 months in to a specific user group. This allows me to see the true number of active members of the forum, and in this instance, gives me the ability to disallow those inactive users to send PM's. I just made this change, so hopefully this activity slows down a little bit, as I noticed that most of the accounts compromised were old and inactive for a long time. In my research to fix this, I've found many other forum admins who are having this exact same problem, so it's not just isolated to us, it's happening to other VB forums as well. VB has no specific fix for this at the moment, so we'll just have to be patient and try different options to alleviate the intrusions. and I've also just denied all access to IP addresses that do not originate from countries that would utilize our forum and it's contents. We'll see if that slows down the intrusions any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Nice. So does this mean the forum can only be used from North America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeZ34 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 United States, Mexico, Canada, Great Britain, and Cuba. This COULD affect anyone who regularly use a proxy server for web access, but I can deal with those on a case by case basis. I'm open to adding countries for any of our members who might be serving in the military overseas too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 What about the guy from Uruguay that has a W body? Nicolas Supremacy I think his name is. Is he blocked out of the site? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 United States, Mexico, Canada, Great Britain, and Cuba. This COULD affect anyone who regularly use a proxy server for web access, but I can deal with those on a case by case basis. I'm open to adding countries for any of our members who might be serving in the military overseas too. We have a few users from countries other than that. HEMI-V8 is from Germany IIRC. shurup is from Ukraine. There are about 3-4 others I can't think of at the moment as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 We have a few users from countries other than that. HEMI-V8 is from Germany IIRC. shurup is from Ukraine. There are about 3-4 others I can't think of at the moment as well. I already mentioned the guy from Uruguay, but there's also the guy with the Holden 3800 ute in Aussie land and I think we have a couple guys from Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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