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MyOrionet is conducting a competition which is, webmaster who can listed his website on the first rank in Google will win. Today, WTJ commented on one of my post about MyOrionet had been hacked. The hacker named himself as Hacker_Amca and s/he (I don’t know the gender :p ) put link to other website. I don’t know what language used there. I think the website is from Tukey. Here is the print screen of the hacked website:

myorionethacked

Lessons learned
Lessons that we can learn from this situation are:

  1. Update your website scripts when there are new updates available
    This is a must because the latest updates have bugs fixed and some upgrades that can improve the security of your website.
  2. Always backup your site and databases
    Make a backup of your website everyday if you update your site contents everyday. If not, make backup at least once a week.

I’m no security expert but I have little knowledge how to prevent sites from being hacked. Hope we can learn something from what had happen to MyOrionet. [tags]hacker, hack, website[/tags]

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16 Responses to “MyOrionet hacked and lessons learned”

  1. Fuad Myorionet
    September 10th, 2006 | 1:44 pm

    no problem. i can solve and recover my site in 2 minutes :D I know the problem but i dont want to depend on script developer. I will write my own security script.

    Anyway, myorionet still alive. Dont worry

    enjoy!!!!

  2. CypherHackz
    September 10th, 2006 | 1:52 pm

    he3. i knew that. you just need to replace the index file i think. good to see you back. :)

  3. novatech
    September 10th, 2006 | 3:11 pm

    omg wtf..hax0r..haha
    one more.. make sure your backup file doesn’t contains buggy script/cms/whatever because when u restore them, u leave your self prune to attack :) , it always
    tu bahasa turki kot..

  4. CypherHackz
    September 10th, 2006 | 5:26 pm

    yea. sure it is.

  5. tech-scope
    September 10th, 2006 | 7:34 pm

    wah..so fast huh the news spread…:-”

  6. farking
    September 11th, 2006 | 5:49 pm

    ah unpatch Joomla.. welll :D

  7. Fahmishah
    September 11th, 2006 | 10:14 pm

    tech-scope on September 10, 2006 at 7:34 pm said:

    wah..so fast huh the news spread…:-”

    yeah..too fast..did u join this competition cypher?

  8. Tom Parker
    September 11th, 2006 | 10:58 pm

    Totally OT but i’m liking the new logo, make it clickable (to homepage) because that the first thing I clicked when I wanted to go back home. I aint seen Ples theme in years ;)

    - Tom Parker

  9. CypherHackz
    September 11th, 2006 | 11:29 pm

    tech-scope on September 10, 2006 at 7:34 pm said:

    wah..so fast huh the news spread…:-”

    yea dude. thanks to WTJ. :)

    farking on September 11, 2006 at 5:49 pm said:

    ah unpatch Joomla.. welll :D

    indeed. maybe from unpatch joomla. anyway the site has up and running. ;)

    Fahmishah on September 11, 2006 at 10:14 pm said:

    yeah..too fast..did u join this competition cypher?

    yea. i join the competition. but my site listed in the 2nd page. lol…

    Tom Parker on September 11, 2006 at 10:58 pm said:

    Totally OT but i’m liking the new logo, make it clickable (to homepage) because that the first thing I clicked when I wanted to go back home. I aint seen Ples theme in years ;)

    - Tom Parker

    i will dude and thanks for your visit. :)

  10. jim
    September 13th, 2006 | 7:19 pm

    :d nice found and nice fix as well - Malaysia Boleh :d:d:d:d:d

  11. shah
    September 14th, 2006 | 4:23 am

    haha…i has visit myorio on that day and yes, i’m able to capture the screenshot.. I want to publish in moneyblogger.net but im not because it;s not suitable with my blog theme which is about money.:-”

  12. jim
    September 14th, 2006 | 5:53 am

    shah: maybe buka “cawangan” baru mengenai tech? satu cadangan jer. :d

  13. CypherHackz
    September 14th, 2006 | 9:45 am

    jim on September 13, 2006 at 7:19 pm said:

    :d nice found and nice fix as well - Malaysia Boleh :d:d:d:d:d

    yup. not so long after i posted this article, fuad has fixed the problem. really fast. :d

    shah on September 14, 2006 at 4:23 am said:

    haha…i has visit myorio on that day and yes, i’m able to capture the screenshot.. I want to publish in moneyblogger.net but im not because it;s not suitable with my blog theme which is about money.:-”

    i agree with jim. i think you should open up new website focus on technology. ;)

  14. Fuad Myorionet
    September 14th, 2006 | 10:54 am

    This topic is so hot. But do not know why shah also want to comment about my site. What is the agenda behind.

    Anyway it’s good experiences to me. It’s not replace the index.php. It will not work.

    Now hacker try to attack wordpress user. Be aware mate.

    Enjoy!!

  15. CypherHackz
    September 20th, 2006 | 1:08 pm

    lol… i hope there are no flaws in wordpress.

  16. zanli
    November 12th, 2008 | 12:26 am

    La , saya tak tahu pun .Dah lama jadi ahli tapi rasanya tak pernah dapat ap apa berita melalui email ?

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