parallax site hacked ?

Brian_B

Hi,
Is it safe to download usb drivers From the parallax site? I noticed that they have been hacked.

Brian

Clock Loop

http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Resources/support/Button-Articles.jpg
http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Resources/support/Button-USB.jpg
http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Resources/support/Button-CD.jpg


Uh oh.

http://www.parallax.com/Support/SupportHome/tabid/474/Default.aspx

Someone changed the images!!! hehehe.. but the links are not changed... curious... someone must know a bit about parallax's web server to gain access using a known vulnerability?, or perhaps an image web folder has open permissions...

CRC checksum hashes should help calm jitters about files being potentially "hacked"...


You can try getting the drivers from FTDI directly.
If thats infact the device your trying to get.
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm


Who wants to bet that homeland security would like to know about this?

Clock Loop

I reported this to: webmaster@parallax.com

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

Must be that time of the year...

Looks like it's being addressed...

OBC

CannibalRobotics

Can we leave a sign in a smoking hole in the ground where there nuke program is (was) located "This site hacked by American Military"?

tdlivings

Propscope forum seems to have lost most of it's posts.
I wonder if it is related to Parallax site being hacked.
I only show a handfull of posts

hover1

Check the display settings in the lower left corner. It may be set to display all postings for the last month or week.

Jim

tdlivings wrote: »

Propscope forum seems to have lost most of it's posts.
I wonder if it is related to Parallax site being hacked.
I only show a handfull of posts

Jim Ewald

Locate the Display Options, near the bottom left of the page, and select a longer time period.

tdlivings

Thank's that worked but I did not change anything myself since it was working yesterday.
On the plus side it did educate me on the settings you mentioned