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Hacked Again…!

A short while ago this site was hacked in the backend by a script kiddie exploiting a vulnerability through swapping out the default theme. Harmless, but I spent a good while figuring out what they’d done and how, to be able to block it and prevent it happening again. This time I’ve been hacked by some pro-Palestinian group or something - weird as I’m heading out to Saudi Arabia in a few days time and no-where does this blog mention anything about the Middle-East or politics. I didn’t spend half as much time fixing this one. In fact I must thank the previous hacker for enlightening me – and each subsequent hack makes me analyse my security more. These cyber-jihadi’s were more capable, in that they had changed my password and default email. Thankfully … Read entire article »

Filed under: Troubleshooting, WaFiTz!

Posting from Android

I’m posting this from my Android phone with the WordPress app. Neat huh? Normal posting will resume as soon as I can find time to sit down and focus. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogs, Distractions, Technik, WaFiTz!

Geocaching Log Feed Added

Since I am limited to Blogger for publishing our “My Finds” PQ, I’ve used a WordPress widget to add a link to the latest posts here. You can find them on the Geocaching page. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogs, Geocaching, WaFiTz!

Site Hacked

Update: for clarity now my head is a bit clearer from 48 hour flu… Well, it seems like some script kiddie had decided to target my website whilst I was lying in bed all day yesterday with the flu and completely unaware. Despite the WP software being completely up to date they found a way in, and I’m still working on the exact method of entry. I’m assuming they somehow gained my password and accessed via my account, but it could be a sophisticated inject – since nothing else seemed to be touched so far. It seems they were able to replace the current theme with the default, then simply overwrite the index.php with their own html. I checked my stats and found some suspicious URL requests which were not in my blacklist … Read entire article »

Filed under: WaFiTz!