Well as most of you know the front page was hacked whilst I was in Plakias
It was the index.html file that was affected. There was me desperately trying to find my backup which is on an external hard-drive I have misplaced
Then I thought of just editing the file to create a redirect to the index.php file which is ok.
Then I realised that there isn't a index.html file by default anyway , so it is deleted and all should now be okay for all those who come in by the
www.forums.plakias.co.uk URL.
Thats the good news.
The bad news is that we maybe seeing some spam, i've just deleted some.
It is a new exploit that Invision has fixed today. I have applied the patch but I don't seem to be seeing much improvement.
I'll try and keep on top of deleting the spam and the new spam creating members (it is all automatic from the spammer side)
Cheers,
Paul
P.S If you are interested here is the info from Invision:
We have released an update to IP.Board 2.3.x to improve the Captcha spam prevention system. IPS has received reports of boards receiving registrations by "spam bots" which register and post a high number of spam posts in the forums. These bots are automated scripts which, depending on your registration setup, can bypass the current Captcha system included in IP.Board 2.3.x series.
While annoying and troublesome, this does not present a security threat to the safety of your board's database, member information, or passwords.
Important: You must have the Advanced Captcha enabled in your Admin CP under Tools and Settings -> Security and Privacy for the system to work.
What is Captcha? The Captcha system is the method by which the software attempts to ensure that the request to register an account is being submitted by a human and not a software program. Many web sites and software programs present the user with random characters on a unique background which can be read, and typed, by a human but not a software program or script.
