Posted: 3/1/2008 3:57:57 PM EDT
| Alright guys you know more about this stuff then I do. Why would someone is Russia try and hack into the Tiger Valley web-site. We got a call asking if we were in Russia, and that someone with a IP address in Russia was trying to get into the site. Is it just screwing around, and if so couldn't they find a larger web-site to hack into then Tiger Valley? |
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They're trying to get in for several reasons: 1. Gain access to the server itself to use it as a spam relay / forwarding / script host. 2. Gain access to customer data, credit card information, etc. Usually the main one is to gain control level access (root) on the server, setup a botnet and use and abuse the server to send phishing emails out to unsuspecting AOL users who willingly give up their bank logins, ebay accounts, paypal accounts, etc.. |
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Your domain name may have been hijaaked by a rogue DNS server. You can check your host and see if anything has changed on it. I assume you are hosting at a hosting company such as godaddy so you may want to see if your web site ip has been redirected. If you are hosting your own site then you need to check and see if you have had a penetration by hackers. If you do credit card transactions or any kind of ecommerce you are a target. Russian criminals seem to target gun dealers because of the larger dollar transactions that take place. Although they are skilled hackers, the Russian criminals are not that imaginative since there are a lot more vulnerable sites that they could rip off without much attention. |
I hope you guys did not think TJ understood your technical description 
<--TJ
LOL, I heard TJ once say "It's a big ole typewriter to me" With that said, make sure the password has a mix of upper and lower case letters, throw in a number here or there at for a twist, add a character ie: @#$~ |