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Hacked (probably via RDP) Logged since July 20th

FWIW, I don't think the attacker brute-forced my admin password, I think there was a security vulnerability in Win 7 pro that wasn't patched on my machine. My admin login was 12 characters, essentially randomly generated symbols and letters. I was concerned, however, that the hacker would...
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- Post #15
- Aug 20, 2018
- Forum: Security
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Hacked (probably via RDP) Logged since July 20th

Thanks everyone! I'm going to read up on router security and try to configure my router to connect directly to my vpn. I knew that RDP facing the internet came with a security risk, I just expected that any attempt to hack it would result in me receiving some sort of notification. There were a...
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- Post #13
- Aug 18, 2018
- Forum: Security
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Hacked (probably via RDP) Logged since July 20th

And for anyone else who is curious, here's a snip from their logs with (I hope) most of my personal information redacted. You can see from it they set up a custom alert anytime the logger detected the terms "eth" or "coinbase." This logger ran and uploaded captures for about 2.5 weeks before I...
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- Post #9
- Aug 16, 2018
- Forum: Security
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Hacked (probably via RDP) Logged since July 20th

Thank you, I did use the factory reset button on Monday night. I checked the DNS entries and they are pointed to my isp. There have been a few DoS attacks on the router since I got back online (my isp hasn't given me a new ip), but they haven't gotten access. My previous logs are lit up like a...
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- Post #8
- Aug 16, 2018
- Forum: Security
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Hacked (probably via RDP) Logged since July 20th

I had a very secure admin password. I think my biggest mistake was enabling RDP and not changing the default port, or using a VPN. I have a mining rig in the basement, that may have made my ip a target, once they saw 3389 was open I think they used an exploit to get access. There was never any...
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- Post #6
- Aug 15, 2018
- Forum: Security
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Hacked (probably via RDP) Logged since July 20th

Would a router reset clear the DNS entries? I upgraded the firmware on it last night and have changed passwords. I ended up pulling the boot drive and putting it aside. Purchased a new copy of Win 10 and installed on a new hard drive. I have access to all of my hard drives now on the new...
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- Post #5
- Aug 15, 2018
- Forum: Security
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Hacked (probably via RDP) Logged since July 20th

So, someone got admin access to my home machine a few weeks ago. I believe they were able to do it through RDP, and somehow changed my admin password hint to display the password in plain text. They installed a keylogging program (kidlogger) and a search program (Everything). They searched...
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- Thread
- Aug 14, 2018
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Security
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ASUS X-99 Deluxe 00 Code

Also, since you asked, I had a coolermaster 120XL liquid cooler. Under full load for 12+ hours the CPU never topped 84C. PSU was a EVGA Supernova 1200 P2.
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- Post #5
- Jul 24, 2015
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS X-99 Deluxe 00 Code

Hey Guys, Just to follow up on this. CPU is fine, I took the board in to a local Microcenter. Apparently my RMA'd PSU was only putting out 9V instead of 12 AND the RMA'd MoBo was also DOA. I've purchased a MSI X99S Gamer 7 to replace the ASUS board. Needless to say, I'm very...
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- Post #4
- Jul 24, 2015
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS X-99 Deluxe 00 Code

I bought an ASUS X99 last August. Thing operated at 4.1GHz like a charm for 9 months. A few weeks ago, when I started doing a lot of 3d rendering, the system would sporadically crash. About two weeks ago it crashed overnight and never came back on, the PSU just made a clicking noise. So I...
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- Thread
- Jul 16, 2015
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Motherboards
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Samsung EVO 840 Resized by Seagate DOS Tools

I was able to fix the problem by moving the SSD from SATA port to port until Seatools could see it. I was then able to use Seatools to resize the drive to the native default. What a headache.
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- Post #5
- Jun 13, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Samsung EVO 840 Resized by Seagate DOS Tools

Yes, I've been looking into trying to do some sort of factory reset on the drive. It's been a real pain because Magician is telling me the drive is in a frozen state, and I have an nvidia card that does not work correctly with their DOS secure erase program. I've followed some workarounds...
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- Post #4
- Jun 13, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Samsung EVO 840 Resized by Seagate DOS Tools

So I accidentally re-sized my Samsung EVO 840 500GB drive to 32GB when trying to run Seagate's Seatools for DOS. Now windows sees the drive as having a capacity of 32GB. Samsung Magician reads the same, and I can't find a way for me to resize the drive to the proper size from within windows...
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- Thread
- Jun 13, 2015
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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ASUS X99 won't allow bootable RAID

Anyone else that is having this issue, this workaround appears to be working for me: I disabled Fast Boot, went into the CSM and Enabled CSM and set every field in it to Legacy Only. Somehow this allowed the Intel RAID manager to run ahead of the UEFI BIOS, and I erased and recreated the boot...
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- Post #5
- Sep 12, 2014
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS X99 won't allow bootable RAID

Here are screens from the BIOS, still no luck getting it to show the RAID array as a bootable drive. http://imgur.com/a/my4xh
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- Post #4
- Sep 12, 2014
- Forum: Motherboards

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