I got Hacked and It changed my life

Posted by adriansky on Thursday January 24, 2019 @05:27PM
from the adrianmejia.com dept.

https://adrianmejia.com/blog/2019/01/24/I-got-hacked-and-It-changed-my-life-on-security-tips/#.XEo7v4tu-qQ.hackernews

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Re:I got Hacked and It changed my life by sarcasmatwork on Thursday January 24, 2019 @05:41PM (#18993798)

> It turns out that when I set up the database, I didn’t bother to change the default configuration

DOH! This is a n00b mistake. Guy does not realize there are people that scan the entire internet all the time looking for things to exploit. There are scanners like stretchoid, or just "bad" bots that scan everything.

iptables, blacklists, patch os etc.

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Re:I got Hacked and It changed my life by craftoman on Thursday January 24, 2019 @08:02PM (#18994602)

I will keep in mind the security tip "Use ssh not telnet" and I will stop using it on my servers though. I hope I won't get hacked so wish me luck fellows.

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Re:I got Hacked and It changed my life by steigr on Friday January 25, 2019 @02:58AM (#18996300)

Don’t stop SSID broadcasting (2.5, tip 6/2) as the clients start to scan for this SSIDs everywhere and unveiling your hidden SSID even at remote places.

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