by Jim Stitzel | Sep 17, 2024 | General
So, I’ve had hackers all up in my server the last few days. They have kept installing malware and making file changes to my websites I host on my server. And I’ve been going through and running regular scans and fixing the things they’ve mucked up....
by Jim Stitzel | May 17, 2024 | General
A few days ago, I wrote on Facebook that I’d invested a significant amount of time in scraping malware hackers off several websites that I run and operate. I had found, through a Google search, a shell script that someone had developed to scan through your...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 28, 2008 | General
Over the weekend, I spent several hours cleaning up yet another hacker who had infiltrated my server account. I became aware of him only after upgrading a couple of my WordPress installations from 2.5 to 2.5.1, only to find that the version number shown in my...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 31, 2008 | Asides
“People like this”:http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy ought to be given a taste of their own medicine. (Source: “Boing...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 13, 2008 | WordPress
So, apparently my blog underwent a minor attack last night. I woke up this morning to an email saying that my new blog had been set up at shamuswrites.com. Now this sent a slight cold chill down my back, since I clearly already have a blog here. The email gave the...
