Just a warning. I received a notification from this forum. Apparently someone was trying to login to my forum account from a chinese ip address.
Make sure you have a good secure password and don't have any personal information in your profile.
Cheers Ric.
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Hi Ric,
Do you have that IP address that you could post here so we can look into blocking it?
Cheers
Toddie
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Notice how it only started after a certain person "visited" China
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What am I missing? Can't the hacker just sign up to the forum and look at your profile?
What can he do if he logs in as you?
John
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It seems like they are the ones that are sending out bulk spam PMs... I don't know why they don't just create an account?Originally Posted by jff45
I wouldn't worry. Hackers got into growlers, TDs and clunks profile a long time ago! Surely they couldn't post so much crap on their own!!! .....on the move
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Avo (8th April 2015), growler2058 (8th April 2015), jack (8th April 2015), P4trol (8th April 2015)
In all probability the "Hackers" are "Bots" not humans... but, yeah, worth banning if time and effort allows (as per AB's recent discussion about blocking by country code)
A human won't get involved unless the Bot cracks your account then they may have a look around for anything that interests them and if they can see bank stuff or whatever will have a crack using same/similar passwords
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
Some feedback from other members it is happening on a lot of other forums too.
Cheers mate we are well aware of it.
Stropp (8th April 2015)
G'day Toddie
Here is the email I received. Not sure if it auto generated by the forum or sent by admin,
Dear Ric,
Someone has tried to log into your account on NissanPatrol.com.au Forum
with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been
prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15
minutes.
The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address:
183.61.14.74
All the best,
NissanPatrol.com.au Forum
I run a few forums so am used to checking suspect ip adresses. See report below from website "Stop Forum Spam"
Date IP Address Username Email Location Evidence
30-Mar-15 23:02 183.61.14.74 KaylaRex4 bonitadove2865@trash-mail.com China
30-Mar-15 22:14 183.61.14.74 AliGutierr lillianainsworth1908@trash-mail.com China
And report from "What is my Ip Address"
General IP Information
IP: 183.61.14.74
Decimal: 3074231882
Hostname: 183.61.14.74
ISP: China Telecom Guangdong
Organization: Hengyang
Services: Recently reported forum spam source. (2)
Type: Broadband
Assignment: Static IP
Blacklist:
Geolocation Information
Country: China cn flag
State/Region: Fujian
City: Fuzhou
Latitude: 26.0614 (26° 3′ 41.04″ N)
Longitude: 119.3061 (119° 18′ 21.96″ E)
NissanGQ4.2 (8th April 2015)
Thanks Ric,
It's forum (Vbulletin) automatically generated when there has been more than 5 failed login attempts on 1 individual account.
I will speak to Admin about blocking this IP addy
Cheers
Toddie
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
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