bapak Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Our WordPress site has been hacked.... and our original designer has disappeared. Any budget minded Guru available to assist? See: www.gostudyaustralia.co.th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkockney Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 (edited) You have your FTP and mySQL details right? And a DB backup? Edited April 11, 2013 by bangkockney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 You have your FTP and mySQL details right? And a DB backup? as bangkockney said, the above is necessary, as well as a backup of the files themselves if the site was using modified files or a custom theme. administration panel and/or SSH login details would also be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Those sql injections can be pure evil. Did you update to the latest wp? PM me if you need assistance. I work on wp, but not 100% guru like other 12 year olds . I have a few wp sites online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Those sql injections can be pure evil. Did you update to the latest wp? PM me if you need assistance. I work on wp, but not 100% guru like other 12 year olds . I have a few wp sites online. at least SQL injections are easy to fix and fend off! ftp password spying is more common these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bapak Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 You have your FTP and mySQL details right? And a DB backup? Have all the original accessible from the server. Latest WP has been installed. I had no involvement in the setting up of this site and designer cannot be located. Believe I can FTP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneycraig Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 See if your host can restore is first step ... Then if so change all passwords and make sure everything is up to date. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bapak Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 See if your host can restore is first step ... Then if so change all passwords and make sure everything is up to date. Had server delete account and then restored from a backup of 1 month ago. Situation remains the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huahinjoe Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Yeah to restore the backup would be a quick solution but if you dont have it just export the content, import to a new WP installation and install new theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerspace Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I can help fix if needed but not tonight. If still problems send me a message and with the access details can sort the issue tomorrow. Host lots of wordpress sites and maintain around 20 web servers, this is all second nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPuddingBertha Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Latest WP has been installed. I dont think so: meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.3.1" I cant see anything very serious with this. Just delete the content of the hacked page from the back-end, point the front page to whatever it used to be and do all the updates that Wordpress warns you about so clearly (how come people cant see these?). Then see what happens. Signed: your friendly neighbourhood 12 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 (edited) See if your host can restore is first step ... Then if so change all passwords and make sure everything is up to date.Had server delete account and then restored from a backup of 1 month ago. Situation remains the same.Then you've got something installed that has known vulnerabilities. Deactivate any third party plugins and custom code. Edited April 11, 2013 by manarak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGabs Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I am a ninja wordpress with some magic skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpling Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 (edited) Deactivate until they have resolved the issue with the hack that has occurred, once it has been sorted reactivate. Edited April 13, 2013 by dumpling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22152296 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 This is part of an email I received from my web host today. There is currently a global, distributed effort to attack WordPresswebsites with low quality administrator passwords. This attack is highlyorganised, using over 90,000 IP addresses in an attempt to guess theadministrator password for WordPress sites, and the attacks areaffecting web hosts right around the world. xxxxxx is deployinga series of counter-measures to help protect our customers againstthese attacks. However, due to the nature of the attacks, the bestcourse of action is for customers to ensure their WordPress sites are upto date, have strong admin passwords and incorporate some additionalform of security to protect their site's admin section. As the first important step in protecting your site, we encourage youto ensure your WordPress admin password is one that conforms to thestrong password guidelines provided by WordPress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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