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_SYSTEMCRASH updated, busy!

Sorry for the “technically on time” update, I made it with only half an hour left for Monday. Busy with SubscribeStar coding, having trouble getting the responses I need from their service. Regarding security, I’ll make a more detailed post later, but the important part is this: my site will …

Looser Security

Looking in the logs I see a lot of people getting locked out for failed logins. I am assuming that you are not all hackers trying to get into my site! So I am setting the security so that you can make 6 login attempts within 60 minutes before you …

Tighter Security

I have implemented some more aggressive security measures after the hack. For instance, if you fail your login 3 times in 60 minutes, your IP will be prevented from submitting forms (including login) for 60 minutes. As time goes on I will probably loosen these a little. In the meantime, …

Malware/redirects?

I had a user report that my site redirected them to a spam site, has anyone else encountered this issue? I’ve run multiple scans on the site and I have found no malware or vulnerabilities. Please let me know if you encounter anything like this!

Those sneaky hackers

So, the site was indeed hacked, which is presumably where those redirects came from. The hack consisted of a fake admin user and a number of modified or added php files. I’ve removed the fake user and manually searched the files to delete them. I’ll be keeping an eye on …