Got Hacked the 3rd time on Justhost..

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Oh man..

My sites are as secure as they could be.. I researched hacking the first 2 times it happened - And here it is again.

JUSTHOST IS FRAGILE!

I am mad I host 2 whitehat sites on justhost.. I should have known better.
My whole account was damaged by someone who tells everyone against Iran to go fuck themselves... As if I really care about Iran ;)
 
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I got hacked too and all my websites was deleted... Just host hosted as well as you...

I didn't find out how this guy could do it... FTP or SQL injection I suspect.

I don't know if this has something to do with the hosting company though
 
I once again realize why commercial sites don't use wordpress.. But Drupal or hard coding.
 
Sad!! Not to go off topic but few weeks ago I received a very phishy email from a justhost.com server that spoofed the gmail login page. When I reported this (email headers & the website) to Justhost.com they cared two hoots about it. Goes to show how unprofessional these jerks are.
 
It is probably a vulnerability in some software you are hosting, instead of there being any error on their part.
 
It could be, but is unlikely.

Justhost hosts 2 whitehat sites and a few others.
Other hosting accounts I have in some other companies host MANY more sites configured exactly the same and are very well secured (As much as possible with wordpress).

Other hosting accounts were never hacked even though they are aged way more than my time with Jushost.

I have no complaints. I know what I get for $3 per month; just so everyone knows that justhost are fragile.
3 Times ain't a coincidence, I am working full time on these sites, they aren't after work ventures and have my full attention.


Drink More Tea said:
It is probably a vulnerability in some software you are hosting, instead of there being any error on their part.
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you should learn a lesson and time to change your hosting. May be some viruses on your PC that can save the passwords.
 
Otherwise Justhost support was extremely helpful and recovered all my server data, though I haven't done a single back-up (learned my lesson)... but before they do that I slept one night like broken...

This is a useful reading about this subject:
http://25yearsofprogramming.com/blog/20070705.htm
 
IMO before you go blaming a host, find out what caused the hack to happen. Ask questions, use Google, and most importantly go through the logs. Most likely it was a fault on the user/software/coding design. You never 777 on shared hosts and always check your plugins for possible exploits. Most people effected by web host hacking is due to a spider/hacker that 'gets' low hanging fruit.
 
I use Justhost for all my websites and have never been hacked. I use wordpress on all of the websites, and always update as soon as I can.

You probably have a keylogger on your computer so they know all your passwords even when they are changed...lol
 
Bross said:
Oh man..

My sites are as secure as they could be.. I researched hacking the first 2 times it happened - And here it is again.

JUSTHOST IS FRAGILE!

I am mad I host 2 whitehat sites on justhost.. I should have known better.
My whole account was damaged by someone who tells everyone against Iran to go fuck themselves... As if I really care about Iran ;)
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Well I believe you using free themes copied from any free template sites, or you are already compromised .. you better clean all of your plugins, connect to FTP and delete them manually all the folders.. check for recent page code insertion history and install any wordpress security plugin and than you are set :) also keep your wordpress updated to the latest ver
 
Well well.. Once again today, this time one site.

The hacker is targeting Hebrew sites; He is from Iran and he doesn't like me being from Israel I guess.
 
Have you checked you computer? So you are sure you don't have any keylogger or other stuff on it. I don't think the problem is on JustHost because then we would have seen other who got hacked. I use JustHost and have never been hacked.
 
must be some exploit on justhost.

I think crazyflx's site was hosted there as well and it got hacked too
 
Same here, got hacked. They used timthumb vulnerability. Got all the scripts they were using...
 
What's timthumb? I see it's a resizing thing; does it come with wordpress?

BTW here's a tip for you that were hit and need to reinstall wordpress.
Instead of going through FTP and lose your mind, type in: "/wp-admin/update-core.php/ and click reinstall wordpress :)



kalekom said:
Same here, got hacked. They used timthumb vulnerability. Got all the scripts they were using...
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I bought a new computer last week, it was just before I fixed my sites and used it to change the passwords and take care of the sites.
The computer has nothing on it, there's no keylogger because there's just nothing on it - Didn't even setup windows properly yet. It's justhost.

I have many other accounts and they were never hacked.


fuskaren said:
Have you checked you computer? So you are sure you don't have any keylogger or other stuff on it. I don't think the problem is on JustHost because then we would have seen other who got hacked. I use JustHost and have never been hacked.
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