the goings on at a webhost
the goings on at a webhost
I confess to now being security paranoid. I hope I don’t become obsessive…then again, it might not be a bad thing. In order to share bits of code, passwords, whatever there is now a resource at https://paste.123host.com.au. Paste your bits in there, click “send” and you will be given a URL to share with the…
All sites have been moved to the new server and a few minor hiccups ironed out. It all seems good. I am still monitoring for re-infection and there has been none so far. This is very good. The migration was less stressful than I expected. Maybe it was just less so compared to the last…
All accounts have been moved to the new server. There have been some minor issues when the transfer tool hasn’t migrated DNS settings properly but they are easy to fix and it all sorts itself out relatively quickly. So far so good. If you received a notification about SSL expiring, that was because the new…
Following up from the email the other day (which you can read at https://blog.123host.net.au) I have been unable to repel the attackers. It seems that they have installed a back door into the system (their own lock and key) and can come and go as they wish. If there is one good thing in all…
The 123host server compromise from a while back stopped. We put in extra security measures and audited the server. All felt good. However it seems that feelings of confidence were misplaced. The checking has resumed and is overwhelming me. It is having a range of knock-on effects as sites are marked deceptive and the server’s…
There is a phishing campaign going on at the moment with emails like this going to loads of people Hello! My nickname in darknet is dickhead53. I hacked this mailbox more than six months ago, through it I infected your operating system with a virus (trojan) created by me and have been monitoring you for…
While doing some research for a recent email to all customers about a severe WordPress bug, I came across a solution that allows me to manage the administration side of your WordPress site without having to log in to it. The tasks I look after on your behalf include Updating WordPress Update plugins Update themes …
UPDATE: The issue is now resolved. When the email reputation went bad the mail server was moved to a different IP address that had a good reputation. The spam hadn’t been stopped so after a day or so that also had it’s reputation battered. BUT…in the meantime the original IP address had time to repent…
I am scheduling some system maintenance that will only affect sites that use databases, this includes WordPress sites. If your site doesn’t use a database this notification doesn’t concern you. Sunday April 23rd at 0300hrs Australian Eastern Standard Time the mySQL database service will be shut down while all databases are moved to a different part…
Moving servers seems to happen too often and hopefully the latest will be the last for a while. When the server was set up at the data centre, a couple of odd things happened with the way some software was installed. The simplest (though more expensive) solution was to accept an upgrade offer. I guess…