Reel Repair by Alan Tani

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Title: bot attack!
Post by: alantani on October 04, 2016, 06:42:04 AM
i am getting up to a hundred bogus registration attempts an hour.  i've been banning individual ip address, email address and log in names as fast as i can.  i also changed the number of challenge questions from one to five.  this will only work for a bit.  for those of you that are trying to register, you will find all the answers you need on the front page.  sorry for the hassle.   :-\
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: alantani on October 04, 2016, 06:50:56 AM
crud.  32 bogus attempts in the last 8 minutes.   >:(
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: RiverAngler on October 04, 2016, 11:35:00 AM
Hang in there, Boss!
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: HOLEINTHEWATER on October 04, 2016, 11:49:36 AM
MY LAKE POWELL SITE WAYNESWORDS GOT HACKED AND KILLED. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A NEW SIGHT GOING.
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: Tiddlerbasher on October 04, 2016, 12:07:35 PM
nil desperandum carborundum illegitimi >:(
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: thorhammer on October 04, 2016, 12:12:42 PM
Quote from: Tiddlerbasher on October 04, 2016, 12:07:35 PM
nil desperandum carborundum illegitimi >:(
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Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: Decker on October 04, 2016, 01:13:10 PM
Quote from: Tiddlerbasher on October 04, 2016, 12:07:35 PM
nil desperandum carborundum illegitimi >:(

Amen!
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: alantani on October 04, 2016, 07:12:43 PM
over 500 bogus log in attempts last night, all blocked. 
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: Shark Hunter on October 04, 2016, 07:24:08 PM
You keep a knockin' but you can't come in. ;D
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: swill88 on October 04, 2016, 09:15:02 PM
What are the bot's bogus registrations attempting to gain?
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: alantani on October 04, 2016, 10:35:21 PM
they want the email list, and would love to get an admin password and hold this place hostage.  they could also flood this place with ads.  i saw it on another site that was dying because the owner didn't want to maintain it.  very sad.
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: swill88 on October 04, 2016, 10:39:29 PM
Alan, if you can delegate any of the defense work I'll volunteer.

I'm a pretty good blocker ;D
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: Cortez_Conversions on October 04, 2016, 11:48:44 PM
Ransomware.
They hack in and encrypt data. Then send a link for payment.
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: alantani on October 05, 2016, 05:18:01 AM
450 bogus attempts in the last 8 hours.  now that you have to answer five challenge questions, none of them are getting through. 
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: Dominick on October 05, 2016, 10:48:28 PM
Is one of the questions "are you a robot"?  Those lying robots will never admit to that.   :D ;D If there is anything I can do while you are gone just let me know.  Dominick
Title: Re: bot attack!
Post by: Decker on October 12, 2016, 04:06:39 PM
I would suggest contacting GoDaddy to see if they can help you.  They certainly have some interest in keeping your site from being infiltrated.  They make be able to do something with their firewall to block some of the attacks.   Also, they may be able to suggest some security module to add to your account application process.