Well, I was hacked.

See more info about it in this thread...

I posted today a question about my opening screen going blank.

I've tried to play around, and the only way to get the opening screen was to set the "Module for your start page" to "None". However, the page still looked a little bit changed, with some of the graphics (e.g. lines around the blocks having different sizes than they should). Still, didn't pay much attention.

Since I had Protector 2.52 installed, I didn't think that there would be any problem caused by hacking. My FireFox didn't report anything unusual.

Then I switched to IE, and it asked me if I want to download a file. Since I don't have any files to download on my opening screen, that caught my attention. I looked at the file properties and it was something like "expl_tank.wmf" and was coming from "trust4free[dot]ws".

I went over there and the Website looked suspicious.

I did google search on it and found a posting on:http://www.mackenty.org/ posted on Dec. 20th stating that his website, (powered by ExpressionEngine) has been hacked.

Somebody injected on the top of his index.php, the following code:
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I looked into my index.php file and the same code was there.

I removed it, and my Website is again working properly.

The question is: how did they do it, and how can we prevent it from happening again. Also, what information did they try to collect? I hope that since I didn't download the file from their Webserver, they were not able to collect anything.

Any inside and/or advise on this?

Out of the blue, I am getting a blank screen (XOOPS 2.13.2). I didn't make any changes to the system. With PHP Debug on, I am getting following errors:

Warning [PHP]: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /home/midwestl/public_html/index.php:1) in file include/common.php line 184
Warning [PHP]: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/midwestl/public_html/index.php:1) in file include/common.php line 184
Warning [PHP]: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/midwestl/public_html/index.php:1) in file include/common.php line 193
Warning [PHP]: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/midwestl/public_html/index.php:1) in file index.php line 39


When I set "Module for your start page" to "None", the first page appears.

Anybody could explain what is going on and help with it? I need "News" on my Start Page!

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Great! Thanks!
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I will...
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Sometimes a better memory is the one that helps us to forget things and move on

But let's try to make 2006 a year of major positive changes in XOOPS, and let's try to contribute to it by having a positive attitude. Let's use Gandhi as an example here - we don't have to agree on a status quo, but we can still work toward the desired changes with a positive attitude!!! Wishing everybody a GREAT 2006!!!!

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I am confused. Where do you see "self-promotion here? Could you please explain?

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Could you tell us what do you mean by "true open source development"? How does it compare with Linux development? What are good examples of "true open source development" for you?

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Can you please be more polite and respectful to others? We don't have to agree on things, but that's not a reason to offend people.

Thank you!

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LB, calm down, and please follow the General Posting Guidelines: "Be Nice! - We pride ourselves in being a tight-knit community that polices itself well, and we want to keep it that way. This means showing respect to all members.

Thank you!!!!

How difficult would be to convert a module from Mambo/Joomla to XOOPS? I know, they call it something else there), so I mean something that is equivalent to XOOPS Module.

The beta was posted here

Hi Alitan,

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Now, that's the spirit I like!!!

I hope, other will follow the lead and start other projects/teams, or join existing ones, to make things happen here!

Count me on the Themes team. I am not an expert, but I'll try to help.