Site Was Hacked

[eluser]n0xie[/eluser]
[quote author="J-Slim" date="1250846395"]I'm slowly recovering everything now. I'll have to check the logs tomorrow and see what's been going on. I'm convinced it's not CI though. Probably just some malware on a computer that FTP's to the site. Switching to a Linux next week for sure.[/quote]
I'm a big Linux advocate but statements like these give people a false sense of security and that is the most dangerous form of security. Yes, Linux is by default more secure, but it's only as secure as you make it. Because you have full control over just about anything, it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot when it comes to security. Don't think Linux just magically solves all security issues for you: it can after a lot of tweaking and configuring, but it's not a 'install and be done' with it kind of thing.

Even though Windows is less secure by default, it can be made secure as well by configuring it properly. Especially Win2008 has a pretty good record so far.