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#10151 several alert notifications by mail.

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 02:15 CST

Wednesday, 14 December 2011 00:37 CST

french150
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Description of my issue:

For some days I get email notification about the violation of security of my website. In content, there is always this: IP Address: 173.212.195.8 (IP Lookup: http://ip-lookup.net/index.php?ip=173.212.195.8)
Reason: SQLI Shield

What do they mean?

Thanks

Wednesday, 14 December 2011 02:15 CST

nicholas
It's the same thing as this thread: https://www.akeebabackup.com/support/forum/admin-tools-support/hacking-attempts.html

SQLi stands for "SQL Injection". It is a common hacking method, where the attacker tries to exploit a vulnerable component to run arbitrary database commands against the site's database. If they succeed, they can do various things, from stealing private information to becoming Super Administrators on your site. Admin Tools Pro blocks those attacks, so you needn't worry much.

That said I've seen the same IP range used in all attacks so far. I'd recommend blocking this IP range, e.g. add 173.212.195. (note the final dot!) to the IP Black List and enabled IP blacklisting in the Configure WAF page.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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