how did this stuff get in my web...

Aug 17th, 2009 at 12:29 AM
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tom
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I tried to go to my website yesterday and it wouldn't open. Before I went screaming to the provider I checked a few page and and in th source code of my index page I found about 100 or so lines of this code. I did not put it there. How could somne one get this onto my html page???
Anyone know??


<!-- saved from url=(0022)http://internet.e-mail -->
<body>
<form method="post" style="overflow: auto; width: 0pt; height: 0pt">
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Tom Mooney
Aug 17th, 2009 at 01:38 AM
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Jim Jacobus
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Tom,

Someone hacked your site. I had a client's site recently hacked and they setup their own home page. Had to change passwords for the admin panel and the FTP site. Let the hosting service know what happened. Most services will work with you to identify your security weaknesses.
Aug 17th, 2009 at 03:16 AM
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Widoktadwat
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Unless you are with Hostmonster. They said it was my responsibility to find and fix any security weaknesses. That's why I'm no longer with them.
"Time heals everything. Know who said that? My Latin teacher at barber college!"
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Aug 17th, 2009 at 01:17 PM
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tom
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Thanks. I know that unless I get the NSA or some one like that to make up my passwords and usernames there is always a chance that they can be hacked but I went through a lot of options before I selected the ones I now have. It seemed to me that they would be quite secure.

Any suggestions for password and user name generation??
Tom Mooney
Aug 17th, 2009 at 08:37 PM
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Jim Jacobus
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I've been using this program for 2 years.

http://keepass.info/

You can run it off a USB stick.

CC has their Password Wizard, which generates strong passwords also.

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