Malicious Hack Attack

  • Hello,

    My website, tima-ps.com, has been the target of a propaganda hack! They have interposed a page featuring a graphic & text over all of the pages on my site. I have visited the FAQ and plundered Google to the best of my ability, and here is the relevant information I have come up with:

    My first clue appeared when I navigated to the login page, where you can see the code that has been used in the hack, here is a screenshot

    I did some research and it seems that I’m not the only one suffering from this attack, though I did not find any solutions mainly just news.

    I have changed passwords to every connected account including the db, and disabled all plugins just in case.

    I went through the site directory (via cPanel) and examined any file I thought may contain malicious code or reference to malicious code. I don’t feel that I’ve covered everything, or even know that I haven’t passed over some subtle clue but there is nothing glaring.
    Throughout this process I checked permissions to see if any were out of wack, and prioritized searches based on when the file was last updated.

    Another resource I used was the log file, going through (mainly POST) entries to see if anything suspicious surfaced.

    That’s all that comes to mind at the present, I’ll update as I go. If anybody has suggestions or solutions, please feel free to weigh in while I try and sort this out!

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  • Same here. My client’s site got hacked too this morning.
    https://tinypic.com/r/2ag5g75/8

    Some idiots have nothing good to do. They hacked the IP addresses from 100.42.56.12 based somewhere in the US.

    Hope you’re site is up now

    Thread Starter Frish

    (@frish)

    No such luck I’m afraid.. I’m hoping that once somebody finds the answer they will make it public. If I can find out where the source is then I’ll certainly post it here. Good luck!

    *sigh….me too. Exactly the same as you Frish. I went one step further & actually logged into my wp-admin. If I click on anything in updates it goes to a black screen with a message that reads
    HackeD By Matrix Dz & Gang Dz
    Dear Admin, This Was Not A Joke Or Dream, This is F____g Reality
    Free Hanza Bendelladj
    Greet’z to: **here it lists another 7 handles that I assume are other people I don’t like.**
    Contact Fb.com/Matrix.Dz.09
    I currently have my web host resetting my site to before the hack. I assume this will only be a temporary fix. I know slightly less than nothing at all about the back side of my web page so am at a loss here.

    a) You will need to work carefully through this resource:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

    b) And then once you site is clean work through this:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Hardening_WordPress

    You also have the alternative of restoring your site from a known clean backup of your site files and database (safely pre-hack) and then changing all your users names and passwords (WordPress/cPanel/database/FTP). This can be a much less painful process than cleaning the site if you have that good backup, although you would still be wise to do the hardening suggested in (b).

    Good luck!

    Thread Starter Frish

    (@frish)

    I agree completely, barnez.

    Thanks Barnez, I have read through both your links and will give them a go – not sure that I will get everything right, there are some bits that make no sense at all!
    I have restore underway from a clean backup (being done by my hosting site) so will get cracking on the Hardening as soon as it’s done.

    not sure that I will get everything right, there are some bits that make no sense at all!

    Just tackle what you can and make a note of what seems tricky. Lots of the advice relates to the .htaccess file which is very sensitive, but it’s also very powerful. Make sure you keep backup copies of every file you change, consider installing a plugin to take daily/weekly backups, and use the forum here if you get stuck.

    Hope the restore works out.

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