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Subject: Site Hacked again?Virus warning?

originalkitten opened this issue on Aug 27, 2008 · 36 posts


JeniferC posted Thu, 28 August 2008 at 1:37 PM

Hi Everyone!

 

I want to give you all the information you need to ensure your browsing protection at Renderosity and at other websites.

 

Renderosity experienced an unauthorized file injection incident last night and one a week ago. Our technical staff cleaned off the effected areas of the site in less than an hour both times. Since then the programmers and network system administrators have been busy trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again and tracking down the perpetrator in hopes of some legal recourse.

 

We obtained at lot more valuable information this time, and we have put more safeguards in place. One of those safeguards is to block those with malicious intent, and another is a new version of our Bondware software. This new version of Bondware helps detect and prevent the file injection type of attacks. The detection message gives the warning message:

 

"Bondware Guard: Suspicious input detected and logged. Aborting ... "

 

However, it is highly possible that we have filtered out some of the Bondware software’s legitimate scripts in our enthusiasm. Please keep in mind that if you see this message, it may not really be suspicious activity. We ask that you please report this to admin@renderosity.com if you see it so we can fix the legitimate site functions. We hope you can appreciate this precautionary measure we are taking for your safety.

 

Please also note that our Bondware software does not store any credit card information, and we go above the PCI card protection requirements. We have always taken this security in order to increase the protection of your personal info.

 

As always, we strongly recommend everyone to always use anti-virus software and reject any and all unsolicited download prompts when visiting ANY website because this type of Trojan is attacking several other large, popular sites.

 

Thank you for understanding.

Jenifer