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#17963 Hacking attack

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Latest post by tampe125 on Friday, 01 November 2013 08:15 CDT

user11300
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 3.0.3
PHP version: 5.3.3-7+squeeze15
MySQL version: 5.1.66-0+squeeze1
Host: Debian personal server
Admin Tools version: 2.5.8

Description of my issue:
I've been subject to a severe hacking attack that was stopped by admin tools - well done!
I now have a massive log file of IP addresses that I wish to block and there does not appear to be a way to of doing this without clicking on each and every IP in the Exceptions Log. Also, when I look at the exceptions log there isn't an option to display more than about 20 entries anymore. This is very frustrating.

What I would like to be able to do is block all the IP addresses and also purge the log when this is finished. Is there a way of doing this without having to manually block the 1,000's of IPs and then purge the hundreds of pages of log entries?

Many thanks for your help.

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Hello Michael,

you can show more logs using the pagination options at the end of the page.
Moreover, you can delete old entries using the Admin Tool plugin.
You can find more info in our documentation

However, please remember that attackers use the same ip only for few ours, so a temporary ban of a couple of days should be enough.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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user11300
Thank you for your reply.

The problem that I'm finding is there isn't any option at the bottom of the page to display more than 20 records at a time. In previous versions on "Admin" you could do this. What would be good would be to download the log file into excel, change the state of the IP ban and then reload the file back up.....it would be much quicker when the site is actually experiencing an attack.

I've now set the plugin up to delete records in the log file......can I suggest that a cron tab may be better than running a plugin.....just a thought.

Michael

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Are you sure about the pagination problem?
I just tested it and everything is working fine...

Regarding the cronjob, yes, it would be better.
However not every hosting support them out of the box (maybe you have to upgrade), moreover it could be a little "tricky" for the average user.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

🇮🇹Italian: native 🇬🇧English: good • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Rome (UTC +1)
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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