Someone Help!

[Weirds]

One of my friend's site got hacked. All his pages and files got deleted. He's using geocities.

Who can tell me how to protect his site?

Any programs or script?

[YUPAPA]

:eek:

Tell geocities for that!
Maybe they have log files to check the last login IP, etc

[rapmaster]

there's no real way to protect sites from hackers, only slow them down. I'd suggest finding a host with SSL, this will slow them down to the point of it taking hours to hack a site. By that time all the lil script kiddies will have giv'n up. So your only problem is if your faced with an experienced and very mad at u hacker.

[Jan]

Somebody was able to hack a Geocities site?????

He didn't let slip his password did he?

[murat]

it isnt hard to hack a geocities site when you have dsl or faster
he used unesecure

[Jan]

Speaking from experience Murat?

I have never heard of geocities being hacked before.

[meow]

Probably because they don't think it's worth while. :confused2

[rapmaster]

nope, Geocities is probably the easiest free host to hack, that and tripod. Their very suceptible to brute force hacking, where a program is used to randomly put a password into the login part.

[murat]

every webhost with ftp is easy to hack
bruteforce

[Jan]

okay better stop this now....I sure hope you guys aren't into this or you might find yourselves severely chastised by Peo!

I think my words regarding people who do this would be censored and if you DO do it, I hope your site is the next to go! :angry2:

[rapmaster]

well Jan, I'll be honest. I was once a small time hacker, doing stuff like geocracker boy were talkin about here does. I've come to realize that hacking to destroy is wrong, I've changed from a lil kid who figured out how to brute force into a young man who would rather use his knowledge to help rather than destroy. In this conversation I was only pointing out what is obvious to me, some lil script kiddie decided to have fun with a brute force hacking program, I'd like to point out that I have absolutly no intentions of hacking anyone sites. Sorry if I worried u, I'm only trying to clear things up and help out a little. :)

[Jan]

Thanks for your honesty!

But tell me something, what did you get out it? I would like to know how the minds of these #@%$#@&'s work.

[rapmaster]

I'm not really sure, the first time I hacked an account I was like, wow I hacked an account, but that was about it. Some people think it makes them L33t hackers or something and just start hackin accounts because they can, its like this: You have the power to destroy all the time, but u choose not too; but these people have the power to destroy and choose too. What they think is beyond me, because to me, using a little program that does all the work, and then messing up someones personal webpage has NO gratification, thats why I got out.

[meow]

Originally posted by rapmaster
nope, Geocities is probably the easiest free host to hack
That's what I meant. That's why they don't bother that often.

Btw, you should have told me about your skills earlier. I lost both id and pw to one of my f2s accounts and could have needed a little help. :p

[rapmaster]

hehe, I might have been able to help u there, f2s has/had one of the better secured servers, but if u had a username and a general grasp of what the password might have been it would have been easy :D not that I'd know :p hehe