DeeringAmps Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 My gawd man, we been hacked (at least spamalated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 It's a pretty decent go this time! I reported this stuff when it first started and some of it's been cleaned up but looks like they have the upper hand at the moment. Â I'd pause registrations and put in some IP blocks ASAP if I was a mod...! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Those assholes are at it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Ugh, I usually read the forums to wind down before bed, and they lit up almost all the forums with that crap tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 As I mentioned on another thread, I hopped on board as an Aus timezone janitor the other day to help catch a lot of this stuff... and wouldn't you know it, the one evening I was tied up...! 🙄 I want to give big props to the mod team though, I had a good look though the spam posts from the last few days and I thought what I cleaned up the other day was a heap (and it was), but wow... these guys deserve a medal. The flag/delete list was IMMENSE. There was stuff I never saw as a regular user and that's absolutely because of the hard work of the team. In fact, by the time I hopped on just then, 99% of it was cleaned up already - I still caught a couple of stragglers. (Actually there's still a couple at it now.. too bad for them ) But definitely report anything you guys see, if we catch them early, we can disable them from posting and clean up early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 I hope that Invision (the forum software) has some built-in configurable tools to protect from attacks such as these, or that a plugin with such functionality can be added. If all these posts are made by bots, it’s impossible to beat them if they only can be removed manually after the fact. Bots won’t get tired, but janitors, Australian or otherwise, sooner or later will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Yeah, Invision is pretty great software overall (I've been mod/admin on a few boards over the years using different software), but their mod stuff is a little limited compared to some others. There's always pros and cons. It's overall a great fit for this kind of purpose though, so I'd say that's the reason it was chosen. The spam is definitely targeted towards times where they expect mods from the northern hemisphere to be less active, so it's definitely handy splitting people off into different timezones. I do agree that there should probably be some more pro-active stuff set up to counter this stuff, but I'm not sure how flexible Invision is for doing those kind of add-ons. For the moment, apart from the odd gap here and there or a particularly over the top attack like the other day, the team seem to be on top of it all, and hopefully the extra hands here can help out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 ... that said, those jerks won't let you have dinner in peace, will they? 🙄 Wow, we got a belting while I was eating just before. But at least it's not hours while people are sleeping or tied up with their lives (every mod on here is a volunteer of course, so they'll do what they can, when they can). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the armpits of these spammers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I'm expecting another wave in 7 or 8 hours 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 25 minutes ago, Lord Tim said: I'm expecting another wave in 7 or 8 hours 😕 who's running the pool and how much are the squares 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 It's a rubbish pool. I expect cocktails and a massage from these spammers later...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 5:45AM GMT +/-15min is my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Looks like we were all wrong, just got the first batch just then. 🤨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Every post that bot makes has special characters in the title, specifically "<<" and ">>" are used a lot. I am not sure how complex the filtering system is, but another thing is only Lars would be posting once per minute (or faster), so a temporary block on any account that does that would also catch this bot before it can flood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Yep, just suggested that to the team earlier today myself. There's definitely some word filters set up already because some spam threads are pre-flagged and hidden, but there's definitely more that can be added. We can't do this as moderators though, it's all up to the admin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno de Souza Lino Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 If these are recurring, then you'd need some sort of triage. Usually, spam bots die down when your registration has to be manually enabled by forum staff. Another way which is more work and would slow down the forums considering would be what Black Magic does, which is each post has to be approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Agree. This has been suggested as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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