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  • Bobi 346 posts 950 karma points
    May 27, 2019 @ 14:17
    Bobi
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    Security Issue? Ransomwear

    Hi there,

    I have received 3 contact form requests through an umbraco 7.10.4 website from what appears to be a spam bot indicating some type of ransomwear:

    "Hey. Soon your hosting account and your domain [website] will be blocked forever, and you will receive tens of thousands of negative feedback from angry people.

    Here is a list of what you get if you don’t follow my requirements: + abuse spamhouse for aggressive web spam + tens of thousands of negative reviews about you and your website from angry people for aggressive web and email spam + lifetime blocking of your hosting account for aggressive web and email spam + lifetime blocking"

    1) Is there any security concern regarding the umbraco 7.10.4 release? 2) Are there any preventative measures I can take to avoid any issues like this? I have heard about umbraco cloud, but I'm not sure if it will make the website not function smoothly since the current website is being hosted on a Windows server configuration in IIS.

  • Paul Seal 524 posts 2889 karma points MVP 6x c-trib
    May 27, 2019 @ 19:01
    Paul Seal
    1

    Have a read of this post. It tells you about a much needed update to Client Dependency.

    https://umbraco.com/blog/security-advisory-patch-for-your-site-is-now-available/

  • Bobi 346 posts 950 karma points
    May 28, 2019 @ 16:37
    Bobi
    0

    I have. For some reason I cannot get into that back end admin console after making the manual change. Any ideas?

  • andy 25 posts 94 karma points c-trib
    May 28, 2019 @ 11:40
    andy
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    On top of making sure you patch client dependency I'd also suggest adding a recaptcha to your form to reduce the likelihood of bots spamming it.

    If the form in question is an Umbraco Form then there should already be an option to add a ReCaptcha as a form field.

  • Bobi 346 posts 950 karma points
    May 28, 2019 @ 16:37
    Bobi
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    This is already implemented.

  • andy 25 posts 94 karma points c-trib
    May 29, 2019 @ 10:38
    andy
    0

    When you say you cannot get into the back end admin console, what are you seeing? Are you receiving an error message? a blank screen?

    Have you tried clearing out the client dependency folders/cache/cookies etc?

  • Bobi 346 posts 950 karma points
    Jun 14, 2019 @ 15:11
    Bobi
    0

    Sorry, this was a server issue where the server was blocking the IP address I was using.

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