Attack of the Fucktard(s)

[Ungodly]

Behind the scenes today at our teeny tiny little web hosting company we are seeing something very amusing going on.

Some fucktard or fucktards is/are going from one compromised computer to another trying to login to this server using the username 'admin' and guessing at the password.  This is funny for several reasons.  First of all there is no such user, so it is *never* going to work because there is no correct password to guess.

Second, my hyper-paranoid server defense system is designed to permanently ban any IP address that is used for a failed login 3 times in one minute.

Third, in an almost cute way this/these fucktard(s) are going from country to country, using compromised computers all over Europe, Asia and South America, and of course failing every time. We've seen IP addreses blocked in places like Switzerland, Germany, Vietnam, Colombia, Chile, Slovenia and The Netherlands.

I hope they are having as much fun as I am sitting here laughing at their half assed stupidity.  Maybe they should try prayer, it will probably work just as well as trying to login as a non-existent user.

[The White Coyote]

 I was really surprised here lately when I got back on line, just how many assholes are out there trying to raise havoc on the internet, for no other purpose other than just to confirm their assholeness. I look at it as a statement of the condition of the world overall. People are miserable, fed up, tired, overworked, unemployed, and generally just pissed off and they show their frustrations by trying to cast their feelings on to everyone else using the web. Kind of like it's always been! But now they can use technology to spread their electronic graffiti all across the world. Then again . . maybe they're just assholes!


                  "We all deserve to die."
                            Sweeny Todd

[Storybook]

Some fucktard or fucktards is/are going from one compromised computer to another trying to login to this server using the username 'admin' and guessing at the password. 

Wow, I wonder why they are so determined to compromise a little forum like Ain't No God?

[Ungodly]

I was really surprised here lately when I got back on line, just how many assholes are out there trying to raise havoc on the internet, for no other purpose other than just to confirm their assholeness. I look at it as a statement of the condition of the world overall. People are miserable, fed up, tired, overworked, unemployed, and generally just pissed off and they show their frustrations by trying to cast their feelings on to everyone else using the web. Kind of like it's always been! But now they can use technology to spread their electronic graffiti all across the world. Then again . . maybe they're just assholes!

I think a lot of online nastiness can be accounted for by people venting the frustrations of their daily life.  Maybe we all do a little of that from time to time.  But the real assholes are not just venting, they have malicious intentions right from the beginning.

I see a lot of behind the scenes activity that might just be random online criminal activity, possibly the leading commercial activity in Russia, then sometimes I see patterns that seem to be directed precisely at one of the websites hosted here.

Either way the same defense strategy works on the server level.  In a forum it seems reasonable to consider a persons motivation and intent for misbehaving, then act accordingly.  But for people trying to hack into the server I don't care if it is personal or random, fuqem all!

Wow, I wonder why they are so determined to compromise a little forum like Ain't No God?

These attacks are simply directed at the main IP address of this server.  I very much doubt the attackers know or care that this website exists.  Prolly they just want to compromise another server to use it for criminal enterprises, like spam or malware.

[criostiona]

It used to be that people who were so angry at their situation in life that they felt the overwhelming need to take it out on others were stupid, and only capable of smashing windows or spray painting graffiti.  Now they are capable of hacking websites and creating viruses.

[Ungodly]

It used to be that people who were so angry at their situation in life that they felt the overwhelming need to take it out on others were stupid, and only capable of smashing windows or spray painting graffiti.  Now they are capable of hacking websites and creating viruses.

Yes indeed, so much of our technology can be used for purposes that are good or doubleplusungood.