Forums: GSO

I remember before the forum upgrade you were able to log in and check 'new posts' and any posts being created since your last visit was shown. Now I can only seem to find the 'active in the last 24 hours'.

Is this feature still available? Can't seem to find it.

Cheers.

Hi all

just to let all members know..we have decided to promote a few of the Mod team ..leaving us a bit of space to promote other senior members in the coming weeks...changers are as follows:

Jeremy = Full Admin
Eduardo = General
webdevil = General
Glyph = General

these have taken effect as of today

Congratulations to the above mentioned for all their hard work keeping GSO running smooth and also to the current Mod team for their continuing support in making GSO what it is today.

kind regards

GSO Admin Team..

After 8 years of working on GovernmentSecurity.org. I am stepping down as the owner of the site. Stephen will now be the owner and primary maintainer. I will of course be still active, but no longer in the same capacity. It has been a great ride, and I am very proud of what GSO has become. It couldn't have made it for this long without the great work of the other admins as well as the user group as a whole.

Before any rumors are started I am stepping down just because the priorities of my life have change. When I first started this site, I was a bachelor and still in the military, fast forward almost 8 years, and I am married with 3 kids and no longer working directly in the security industry. I can no longer dedicate the time and energy to keep GSO running at full speed. Stephen has been working with me very closely for many years and I am confident he will take this site to the next level.

Blake

Ok guys I have put together our first Security / Hacking Video Post. It is more of a news post with some humor in it. If people like it I will do more. I am still working out all the kinks so be patient with me.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=XQUMohGMxlM

http://youtube.com/gsecur

Just in case some people haven't noticed ;-) Stephen is upgrading the forum so you might see some bugs, and the skin might be off for aome time. Don't panic, if you have any questions just send me or him an email

i know im hacked in wordpress and the hacker keeps on inserting iframes .
I was going through my files and found this file test.pl
looks suspicious to me can you advise

here is the code /Its my root Cgi-bin

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

	$| = 1;

	my $smtp = 'smtp.mail.ru';
	my $dns = '194.173.175.100';

	print "Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251\n\n" if $ENV{HTTP_USER_AGENT};

	print "System info\n";
	print "-----------\n\n";
	print "$^O";
	print "\n", `uname -a` if $^O !~ /win/i;
	print "\n\n";

	print "Perl modules\n";
	print "------------\n\n";
	print "strict .......................... ";
	unless (eval ("use strict; return 1;")) { print "Error"; } else { print "Ok"; }
	print "\nSys::Hostname ................... ";
	unless (eval ("use Sys::Hostname; return 1;")) { print "Error"; } else { print "Ok"; }
	print "\nPOSIX ........................... ";
	unless (eval ("use POSIX qw(setsid); return 1;")) { print "Error"; } else { print "Ok"; }
	print "\nErrno ........................... ";
	unless (eval ("use Errno qw(EINPROGRESS); return 1;")) { print "Error"; } else { print "Ok"; }
	print "\nIO::Socket ...................... ";
	unless (eval ("use IO::Socket qw(:DEFAULT :crlf); return 1;")) { print "Error"; } else { use IO::Socket qw(:DEFAULT :crlf); print "Ok"; }
	print "\nIO::Select ...................... ";
	unless (eval ("use IO::Select; return 1;")) { print "Error"; } else { print "Ok"; }
	print "\n\n";

	print "Local server test\n";
	print "-----------\n\n";
	my $s = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto => "tcp", LocalPort => 36000, Listen => SOMAXCONN, Reuse => 1);
	unless ($s) { print "Error"; } else { close $s; print "Ok"; }
	print "\n\n";

	print "DNS <TCP> client test ($dns)\n";
	print "-----------\n\n";
	my $r = (gethostbyname $dns)[4];
	unless ($r) { print "Error > Can't resolve DNS hostname"; exit; }
	$s = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto => "tcp", Type => SOCK_STREAM);
	unless ($s) { print "Error > Can't create socket > $!"; exit; }
	$r = pack ("Sna4x8", 2, 53, $r);
	unless ($s->connect($r)) { close $s; print "Error > Can't connect > $!"; exit; }
	close $s; print "Ok";
	print "\n\n";

	print "DNS <UDP> client test ($dns)\n";
	print "-----------\n\n";
	$s = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto=>'udp');
	unless ($s) { print "Error > Can't create socket > $!"; exit; }
	my $b = pack ('nSn4', (int rand 65535), 0x1, 0x1, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0);
	foreach (split (/\./, "mxs.mail.ru")) { $b .= pack ('C', length ($_)) . $_; }
	$b .= pack ('Cn2', 0x0, 0xF, 0x1);
	$s->send($b, 0, $r);
	$b = "";
	my $t = IO::Select->new($s);
	if ($t->can_read(5)) { $s->recv($b, 512); } else { close $s; print "Error > Timeout"; exit; }
	close $s; print "Ok";
	print "\n\n";

	print "SMTP Client test ($smtp)\n";
	print "-----------\n\n";
	$r = (gethostbyname $smtp)[4];
	unless ($r) { print "Error > Can't resolve SMTP hostname"; exit; }
	$s = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto => "tcp", Type => SOCK_STREAM);
	unless ($s) { print "Error > Can't create socket > $!"; exit; }
	unless ($s->connect(pack ("Sna4x8", 2, 25, $r))) { close $s; print "Error > Can't connect > $!"; exit; }
	$r = <$s>; close $s;
	if (length $r) { print "Ok\n$r"; } else { print "Error > Can't read response"; }

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All,
does anyone else get an error in firefox when going to www.governmentsecurity.org/forum/ ? I get:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'InvalidArgumentException' with message 'usort() [<a href='function.usort'>function.usort</a>]: Invalid comparison function.' in /home/governme/domains/governmentsecurity.org/public_html/forum/sources/handlers/han_parse_bbcode.php:442 Stack trace: #0 /home/governme/domains/governmentsecurity.org/public_html/forum/sources/handlers/han_parse_bbcode.php(442): usort(Array, Array) #1 /home/governme/domains/governmentsecurity.org/public_html/forum/sources/handlers/han_parse_bbcode.php(300): parse_bbcode->check_caches() #2 /home/governme/domains/governmentsecurity.org/public_html/forum/sources/ipsclass.php(2535): parse_bbcode->strip_all_tags('<a href="http:/...') #3 /home/governme/domains/governmentsecurity.org/public_html/forum/sources/classes/class_display.php(378): ipsclass->get_new_pm_notification() #4 /home/governme/domains/governmentsecurity.org/public_html/forum/sources/action_public/boards.php(197): display->do_output(Array) #5 /home/governme/domains/governmentsecurity.org/public_html/foru in /home/governme/domains/governmentsecurity.org/public_html/forum/sources/handlers/han_parse_bbcode.php on line 442

However its fine in IE and in firefox if I go to www.governmentsecurity.org/forum/index.php it all works ok and getting in to posts is ok too.

I do have a tendancy to be pulling my browser and pc about a bit with various software & addon's so it could just be something I've done though thought I'd mention.

thanks

Watcher60

I was just wondering what I need to be able to download this?

http://www.governmen...?showtopic=7002

I just found an email (2 days old):
"someone" has sent you a new personal message titled "Hello".

But when I try to read it, I get a "member deleted" msg.

Is this because of my inactivity or what?

Real life has me in its grip atm.

question:
on the main page I still have this as the latest scoop:
###

20 years of QSA Training Experience?
http://api.postrank.com – Recently the PCI SSC r...

Created by GSOFeeder 1 week 8 hours ago – Made popular 6 days 19 hours ago
###
but on the "Best upcoming scoops" I see newer topics.

how come nothing has been published on the frontpage for almost a week?

cheers,
K

I've noticed a few times that my login procedure here doesn't work correctly. I type in the username and password and it returns me to the Guest/login page. I wondered if I had mistyped the username or password but the problem recurred after being particularly careful when typing. I finally managed to reach a different login page when my details were accepted correctly.

It's happened probably 3 or 4 times overall. I wonder of someone could check whatever logs etc. there might be to check what's happening? I use XP Pro SP3 with IE7 (yes, I know that many dislike XP and IE7!). I don't save my passwords in IE7 and am working from home behind an ADSL router.

I don't know if any more relevant information might be needed from my setup.

Ok guys here is something I need help with. And Stpehen if you are watching I could use your help

A long time ago I archived a lot of GSO forum articles to html. Unfortunately this caused a huge problem with google, but it is about 20,000 pages which now show up in google search results instead of the forum pages.

For example

http://www.governmen...hive/t5604.html

Should be 301 redirected to

http://www.governmen...?showtopic=5604

But I need modrewrite to do it automatically for all of those files

Any ideas

As we are expanding the user base and making changes to the overall structure of the board, we have decided to do away with the idea of a trial members group. All trial members have now been upgraded to full members and have the same privileges.


This does mean that breaking the rules will incur harsher penalties.

At GSO we have decided to start a test revenue sharing program. You may have seen similar programs around the internet a places like hxxp://hubpages.com.

This is a test program! If we experience problems we will shut it down so don't be upset!

Here are the down and dirty details.

You can now enter in your Adsense publisher ID into your account for the front-end system of GSO. That is the section where you can submit links and also now you can submit pages or articles.

Your Adsense Publisher ID will now show up %40 of the time ours will show up 60% (Hey I have to pay the bills). This applies to the scoops and links you submit as well as the articles you submit.

For more details and help with this please refer to the associated help file.
Revenue Sharing

This is a test to see how people warm up to the idea and how well it works. Hopefully this works as a great way to give back to users for the content they contribute. As always I am looking forward to your opinions, and comments.

GSO has always had a habit of disabling registration and we have done this before. Now we have opened registration back up after a few months of it being closed. Why do we close registration? Well we want to provide the best resource to our active users for discussing topics. Unfortunately the spammers and kiddies take advantage so we shut it down to preserve the community. So now we are opening backup with Captcha enabled to increase the resistance to spammers. So do yourself a favor and if you have been waiting to sign up do it now.

Register Here.

If you have already created an account on the main page, just create a forum account with the same username and password and the two will sync up so you don't have to login twice. Enjoy

Problems? Contact me gso.gsecur @ gmail.com

The transition to the new GSO website is now complete. If you go to http://www.governmentsecurity.org you will now see that we support a new system similar to Digg.com. This is a big change for us, but it is about time we implemented new technologies. The "In The News" Section has become very popular but we want to expand on that idea. Also we want to encourage the security community and our user base to interact with what should be considered important.

Why not use Digg?
Digg was a great website, and the security section was great as well but Digg has changed as it became more mainstream. Now all security submissions are lost amongst the huge amounts of spam and non technical articles. Also Digg is not moderated. Which results in to much garbage. GSO is moderated and will continue to be. We go through the links that are submitted and based on user feed back in the form of negative results delete items.

What news items and links are there?
The security community has become so fragmented. Only mainstream sources of security news really get noticed. But some of the best gems and latest information on security exploits and techniques are found on the smaller sites especially since security is such a niche. The goal of GSO is to bring those sources to one location. So you can find information on sites that you would never have discovered previously all from the security niche.

Besides just user submissions we also now import in news articles form over 300 news sources. By using the rss aggregation and weighting system provided by postrank.com we are able to apply a weighting and post score algorithm to rss feeds before they are sucked into the GSO system. When you click on links that are submitted that data is then used to refine the importing algorithm to determine what data is further imported into the system. If you would like the rss feed of your site included in our system please contact me. Content is updated every 30-60 minutes.

Do I need two logins?
No your forum account works with the system. If you are having trouble staying logged in please clear your cookies from your web browser. That will resolve the issue.

How do I submit information and links?
You can do so by making sure you are logged in and going here: http://governmentsec.../node/add/drigg
Fill in the information and then submit it.
Also if you want to make things even easier you can download the GSO Firefox Extension. This extension lets you search through GSO and also click a button to easily submit content to the site. If someone knows how to make it less plain please contact me.

I am always looking for good posts so when I see one many times I will promote it to the front page my self. Also as users vote the page it will move to the front page.

What content is accepted?
As long as it is security related and legal everything is basically accepted. If you spam us we will delete your account and blacklist your domain. If you have been hanging around here for the last 6 years you know we can be harsh at times, but that is what has made us a quality site ;-)

Does this hurt the forum?
Hell no! Look some people like forums and other do not. That is the way the internet is. Some people will post and other will not. So... This will add to the experience of forum users. Also it will bring in people who prefer a more social website without dealing with posting. Then thirdly it will attract new users who may want to participate in the forum. Also if you really think a forum topic is interesting submit it to the news system!

Be patient
This is a big change for us and a new system. We tested it the best we can but the true test is under the full weight of GSO traffic. We appreciate any suggestion you have or bug reports. Send them to me at gso.gsecur @ gmail.com or you can post them here. But sometimes I prefer email more because I can make it a task to follow up since my memory is horrible.

We would like to convey our apologies to all members for the down time this weekend... we are aware of what caused it and looking in to the situation

kind regards

GSO admin team

The last few days I'm having problems accessing gso. It appears that the DNS lookup fails sometimes.
I'm accessing gso from a favorite, so no I'm not typing it in wrong :P

Accessing it through it's ip always works.

Are more people experiencing these problems now, or should I take a closer look at my end?

[edit by=jeremy]The following article is not endorsed by GSO, nor is its author affiliated with GSO. Any and all statements or files provided in the following article are made available by its author and not GSO. Use common sense, good judgment and fact based research when forming your opinion of the following.[/edit]

turns out yahoo are largely owned by mafia. http://endmafia.com

Hi guys, i really loved this site, is really nice site and i like it a lot and i am sure i will stay here.

So i want some suggestions FROM U guys. I have been trying to study hacking and Networking.

Networking going very very very well, Hacking == slacking.
i am improving a lot in Networking , but not really in hacking. So my QUESTION is should i stay and not give up in hacking and keep studying hacking or just leave it and pay attention in security and networking?

I am asking this is because i don't know what to do next in hacking? can some one guide me or mentor me?
pls give me some suggestions!!!!

-Razak

We had a small email problem, so if you haven't gotten your validation email just have it rsent. Thanks to Stephen for fixing it

We are going to making some more changes soon. First if you notice we added a stats section at the top of the main forum page. Hopefully this will help members in locating new posts.

New Forums
Currently we added a Mac OS forum in the security section

Also we are going to be adding a General Linux, Windows, and Mac user help section for general PC help

Merging forums
To minimize some of the forums we are going to be rolling the Trojan and Virus section into the exploit research section.

I will keep everyone posted as more changes happen

OMG GSO has a new look !!!

From Stephen: Server Maintenance - Tuesday Evening between 2pm and 4 pm (PST), will be offline for approximately 30 minutes.
The maintenance is to replace a failed backup battery for the raid controller and to add an additional 4GB of RAM.

I just wanted to make everyone aware that we are not accepting affiliation requests. This has been a policy of mine for over a year but I am making it public. Now that doesn't mean I do not want you to promote your site using GSO. We have always allowed you to link back to your own site or your forum inside of your signature. Also I do accept well written articles that you can put your promotion statement at the bottom of the article.

The reason why I stopped was because it was getting to difficult to decide where to draw the line on who we would be affiliated with. So I decided to go with none. The current ones are there because they have been grandfathered in.

To all users we are having a slight server issue today. Stephen has it under control, in a temporary fix. Later today we may have to take the server off line for a short time to get back to our original setup.

Blake

Noticed several members with some form of warning points against their names...

a... if you have a warning and you have kept your nose clean as they say for 3 mths NO less ..

b... if you been warned more than once then do not apply for removal for at least 6 mths

then please contact the Mod/Admin who issued it to you and kindly ask then to remove your warning as time spent

click on the warning under your name to find out who and why and date

kind regards

Kenny

PS

(members must have posted during that time and shown to have proven they have mended their ways and not gone missing during that time)

Just like to apologise to all member who are having issues connecting to gso...

we are aware of the problem and our host is looking in to the situation..we are NOT under any form of attack. and we think we know what the problem is...we will expecting more problems over the next few days but hope to sort the problem out as soon.as possible.

please do not send PMs...we are dealing with it

cheers

To all our members

GSO staff would like to wish you all the best for the coming festive season , have fun and enjoy !!
and most of all thank you for your contributions making GSO what it is today...well done guys :)

the image below sums up my feelings for the world to unite