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#11541 Ongoing Attacks

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:29 CDT

Tuesday, 13 March 2012 14:08 CDT

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Description of my issue:

I am using ADMIN TOOLS after I got hacked back in the fall of 2011 and so far it is working quite well for me.

What I am seeing is ongoing and constant attacks against one site coming from JAPAN, the UKRAINE and occasionally the US and Germany.

These are either trying to get to admin or RFI type attacks.

Your software is keeping them away! Thank you!!

I've been auto blacklisting on 2 hits and posting the P ranges to the blacklist for specific iP's and IP ranges when it comes from a single source. I also keep them out for 999 days as well.

I have also GEO blocked JAPAN and the UKRAINE completely.

I manage 7 sites and only one suffers this problem. Is there anyway to make them cease this game?

Norman Berger

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Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:29 CDT

nicholas
Hello and thank you for your kind words!

You can't prevent the attackers from trying to hack your site, unless you can physically go to their place and cut off their Internet connection or shoot their computers. The only thing you can do is let Admin Tools keep them out. If there was a way to prevent hackers from trying, we wouldn't be having this discussion :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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