Ever got hacked?

[Aphex_Twin]

Yes, it happend to me. Never thought it would, but now I am starting to get pissed off. Ever since I got cable internet I also received a unique IP adress. This is more or less a curse. Now if somebody gets a hold of it, hackers can simply practice their skills on my undefended computer.

All this has changed when everithing got worse. I started to get disconnected from the internet after just 2-3 minutes of traffic. I had to either restart my computer or disconnect my network, wait 1 minute to get it to restart, then hope for another 2-3 minutes of "smooth" traffic. Annoyed? Who wouldn't be?

Then I decided to invest some money and actually buy a firewall protection program. It worked like a dream.

Did any of you have similar problems, and if so, how did you deal with them?


This is the ammount of hacking I get on a regular basis...

 

[ZultanofZex]

Hacking sucks! I work at an IT dept and the amount of intrusion that goes on is quite amazing...wish I knew how to hack, though...

 

[SunTzu]

I got hacked by my friend for fun once, he made numerous porn sites pop-up on my screen at random my mom didn't know what was going on
Then he taught me how to hack, too bad i forgot

 

[MummyMan]

I wouldn't know if i was being hacked unless it became very obvious. I have to unplug my cable modem and the router about every 8 hours and plug it in a minute later but i think that's because of a weak signal that i get. How exactly could someone target my computer?

 

[Aphex_Twin]

I thought it was a weak signal too, untill I got the firewall. If any of you know of a site that keeps track of such things (perhaps give him a taste of his own medicine)? I have the bastrad's IP adress.

 

[Jeratain]

Yeah, I've never been hacked myself because I've always tried to keep myself aware of my surroundings on the internet and what sites I visit (let alone who I talk to online and whatnot.) One way I've helped to protect my computers and network is by enabling the NAT firewall on my router in conjunction with ZoneAlarm Pro. This helps me block all unwanted traffic and activities that I do not know about.

 

[Mikoyan]

I used to get hacked before... then i got a router.

 

[SunTzu]

listen to the security system i have, it catches anyone who tries to access my computer, and it can track them down to the region and country that they're hacking from, great stuff

 

[Perfection]

I use a linux box as a firewall, never had anything get past it

 

[bobgote]

I have ZoneAlarm (just the basic one, it's free ) and i was shocked by the amount of stuff that gets blocked. probably most is not genuine hacks, but it blocks all manner of stuff (including civ3 MP ). At least it makes me feel safe.

 

[Solver]

I have quite some security installed... firstly, Linux, and nothing can even hope to get into that, unless a targeted attack. Then, I also have a router in front of me, just in case, and a decent firewall for which I've spent some serious time in configurations.

Mostly even a simple firewall is enough, because most of these "hacks" look for unprotected comps.

 

[Plutonium239]

Aphex_Twin, send your log files with the offender's IP and a description of your experiences to your ISP and the offender's ISP.

You can call your ISP to get the correct e-mail address but it is generally abuse@domain. i.e. abuse@earthlink.net or whatever ISP you use.

 

[JonathanValjean]

Yes, I have. Indirectly, my credit card #, e-mail address, and address were stolen from an online health food vendor, and fraudulent charges were posted to my account.

As far as firewalls go, ZoneAlarm frequently reports "high-level" intrusions. As far as I know, my personal system has not been hacked, but it is possible....

 

[covok48]

Can you get hacked having a dialup?

If so, what do people "do" when they hack a computer?

What would they want with one like mine?

Newbie questions, but I'm interested.

 

[Jamesds]

I have ZoneAlarm, never get hacked, but makes you feel safe.

 

[Turner]

Originally posted by covok48
Can you get hacked having a dialup?

If so, what do people "do" when they hack a computer?

What would they want with one like mine?

Newbie questions, but I'm interested.

Dialup is an open connection, just like having broadband. Slower, of course, but still an open connection.

I never worry about being hacked when I'm on dialup. Not good, I know, but I also look at the fact that I'm not on as much with dialup, as opposed to an always on broadband connection. I'm sure that one could be hacked while on dialup, I just never worry about it.

As for what they would want, they could look around your computer for any information that can be used, like credit card nuimbers, checking accounts, financial information. It could be pure malice, and just try and destroy stuff on your hard drive. they could set up programs to run, causing DoS attacks on websites (Denial of Service, when a server gets overloaded and can't process requests). . . any number of things.

Best bet is to get some kind of protection. Zonealarm, or another s/w firewall package. Get a router, or a h/w firewall. Or just stay offline. But that wouldn't be fun!

 

[Sirp]

I got a worm once, on my Linux system which was horridly out-of-date. Since then I've put a firewall which blocks just about everything.

However I recently asked a colleague at work, who is well-known for his cracking skills to crack into it. I was amazed when he managed it.

He figured that I accessed my home machine from work from time to time, using secure shell, which I did. So, he got the source code to secure shell, made his own custom version which would write the password to a file on the harddrive every time it is typed in, and then accessed my work machine (he was a work colleague after all), and replaced my copy of ssh with the bogus one he had compiled.

Bingo, next time I used ssh to log into my machine at home, he had my password.

Of course, as he said, he kinda 'cheated', but when you're in, you're in.

-Sirp.

 

[torrasque]

I had ZoneAlarm on my old computer, only it kinda slowed down my surfing. So, I don't have it on my new computer.

Who keeps their credit card number on their computer? Where?

 

[Gainy]

my big brother used to hack people back that used to attempt to hack us he's moved out now though...

I too have the Zonealarm Firewall, and i kinda fell like im naked if i take it down

...and to answer the question, probably. Lots of dodgey things happen on this computer, and hackers are probably the cause. I dont really mind so much now though, cause ive got a newer, better pc

 

[Inter4]

Some weeks ago my friend got his e-mail hacked..then the hacker ALMOST hacked me.
my friend wa so pissed....i dunno why people do it..is it for fun?