Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:57 pm
br00ster wrote:I'm too lazy to check, but are their forums the phpBB type (like ours)?
Acctually they arent, Not sure what it IS though...
They ARE phpBB. They just made themselves a new skin!
Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:37 pm
Kostya wrote:br00ster wrote:I'm too lazy to check, but are their forums the phpBB type (like ours)?
Acctually they arent, Not sure what it IS though...
They ARE phpBB. They just made themselves a new skin!
Well then, it makes my explanation in an earlierpost make sence. In which case, PPT should be upgraded to the non-exploitable version as well to be on the safe side.
Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:49 am
I don't get it...just what is so "exploitable" about the forums as they are now?
Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:46 am
anybody see Neocolours? I think the hacker struck again and took out the entire forum and altered the main site too
Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:51 am
I just went there earlier, I'm using Mozilla so I can't get cookie grabbed, but thats bad anyway. I feel for the folks at Neocoulers, hopefully they can get there site back.
Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:54 am
yeah, my screename there was Two-Tone (named after the dalmatian pup from 101 Dalmatians) looks like I'll be posting here more often now
Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:59 am
Hello! I'm new to this forum! 
I have been on Neopets for two years, and my account is neokat301. *waves* I went to Neocolours and looked at the forums. I thought it was hacked too. I hope they get the site back. It's a good site. Then I went to the main page and it said that the site is defaced. It also said this: NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm generation 10. Hmm...
I have been on Neopets for two years, and my account is neokat301. *waves* I went to Neocolours and looked at the forums. I thought it was hacked too. I hope they get the site back. It's a good site. Then I went to the main page and it said that the site is defaced. It also said this: NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm generation 10. Hmm...
Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:05 am
definatly a hacker at work, I hope the others on neocolours come over here for now till their board is restored
Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:07 am
Biyomon wrote:definatly a hacker at I hope the others on neocolours come over here for now till their board is restored
I agree. *Growls at evil hacker* I hope the site will be back soon...
Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:22 am
*sigh* Such a shame, I was just strolling over here to post the same thing... why would anyone hack a site like NeoColours? Wait... I know. Waay to much free time. Defacing public virtual property. Yeah, that's cool 
Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:27 am
Ice wrote:*sigh* Such a shame, I was just strolling over here to post the same thing... why would anyone hack a site like NeoColours? Wait... I know. Waay to much free time. Defacing public virtual property. Yeah, that's cool
Well that should serve as an heads up to neocolours to use harder passwords. As the only way hackers get into the systems are by easy and or guessable passwords. So if you have an easy password i suggest that you use letters/symbols/numbers in your pass.
An example could t5$@#$#666!!!)&:D
Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:35 am
Not necessarily an easy password ... could have been a weakness somewhere else, someone found it, exploited it and put a backdoor code in. From my limited understanding something like that is very hard to detect once it's done unless there's some sort of complete system rollback.
Whatever the case, I am sorry this happened. There are people with too much time on their hands and instead of trying to do something worthwhile with their knowledge, skills and time, they do garbage like this. Same with people who will launch ddos attacks on a site because they don't like someone or get banned.
I hope that anyone new to this forum from Neocolours will feel welcome I also hope that everyone who's been to that site has made it a point to clear all cookies, run their own a/v scans and if necessary change passwords. Also might not be the best idea to have email, IM, AIM, YIM and websites posted publicly. Just for safety's sake.
Whatever the case, I am sorry this happened. There are people with too much time on their hands and instead of trying to do something worthwhile with their knowledge, skills and time, they do garbage like this. Same with people who will launch ddos attacks on a site because they don't like someone or get banned.
I hope that anyone new to this forum from Neocolours will feel welcome
I also hope that everyone who's been to that site has made it a point to clear all cookies, run their own a/v scans and if necessary change passwords. Also might not be the best idea to have email, IM, AIM, YIM and websites posted publicly. Just for safety's sake.
Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:45 am
I often post at Neocolours as well, its such a shame they got hacked! I just tried to visit the forums (before I came here) and it says, "This site has been Defaced!" Looks like a worm, ouch. Its funny, there's another forum I visit that is totally unrelated to Neopets, and it also had the "This site has been Defaced" message and is having problems with a worm. Wonder if its the same, that would be such a coincidence!
And thanks a bunch for the reminders to change passwords, I just changed mine on all my accounts.
Looks like I'll be hanging out here for awhile!
And thanks a bunch for the reminders to change passwords, I just changed mine on all my accounts.
Looks like I'll be hanging out here for awhile!
Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:02 am
I've seen quite a few places like this... someones going around all forums obviously and doing this.. I hope pinkPT isnt hacked.. that would be bad.
Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:09 am
I wonder if this has to do with the current news about the vulnerabilies in certain versions of PHP (which effects phpBB among other forum systems.)