# Wowza hack

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-hack/44104>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [October 11, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-hack/44104 "2014-10-11T17:25:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mohammad\_Harb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mohammad\_Harb](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mohammad_Harb)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-hack/44104/1 "2014-10-11T17:25:14Z")

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Hello,

this is the first post for me

I am using wowza streaming engine trial version before i buy it for my company

I configured everything correctly and i am capable of streaming to multi-target devices and it works as smooth as it should be. I have only 1 application named “live”

my problem is that after couple of hours I logged in to the wowza server and i found too many applications not created by me !!!

i found something like shoutcast - webcamera… and too many others !! I do know where these come from and i need to know if this is a hack !? and please any info about securing the server

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Kennedy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Andrew\_Kennedy1](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Kennedy1)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-hack/44104/2 "2014-10-11T07:05:54Z")

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Hi,

It sounds like someone was able to guess your username/password, perhaps set as admin/admin and therefore able to create applications as they wanted. If you server is accessable directly on the Internet then username/password combinations that can easily be guessed should not be used, this includes names, places etc.

I would recommend changing your username/password , making sure only you know it and remove any unwanted applications.

Andrew.