Comments on: I think this blog hack is under control (knock wood) http://www.contentious.com/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: contentious.com - Dammit, this blog has been hacked again! http://www.contentious.com/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1216799 contentious.com - Dammit, this blog has been hacked again! Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:04:12 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1216799 [...] As far as I can tell, this spam content has been inserted my home page as well as at least three recent posts. Obviously, this Wordpress blog has been hacked again. Like I didn’t have enough troubles with this last fall. [...] [...] As far as I can tell, this spam content has been inserted my home page as well as at least three recent posts. Obviously, this Wordpress blog has been hacked again. Like I didn’t have enough troubles with this last fall. [...]

]]> By: contentious.com - Having trouble posting comments to this blog? http://www.contentious.com/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206891 contentious.com - Having trouble posting comments to this blog? Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:39:43 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206891 [...] may recall, a few weeks ago this blog got hacked by a spammer who apparently gained access to my blog by stealing my password when I logged in via a [...] [...] may recall, a few weeks ago this blog got hacked by a spammer who apparently gained access to my blog by stealing my password when I logged in via a [...]

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206659 Amy Gahran Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:30:31 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206659 Tom, thanks again for all your help and support through this, and especially your calmness while I was freaking out. You really saved my butt here! - Amy Tom, thanks again for all your help and support through this, and especially your calmness while I was freaking out. You really saved my butt here!

- Amy

]]> By: Tom http://www.contentious.com/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206658 Tom Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:59:23 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206658 Except for making sure Akismet works, I think we're out of the woods. Plus I have implemented most of a good backup system that backs up not just the database, but all content, incrementally. Except for making sure Akismet works, I think we’re out of the woods. Plus I have implemented most of a good backup system that backs up not just the database, but all content, incrementally.

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206657 Amy Gahran Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:15:42 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206657 Jeremy, Neil, thanks for your support through this techno-hassle. My plug-ins are from wordpress.org -- just reinstalled them all to the latest version. I might try that Wordpress automatic update plugin too. Because of one oddidty of how my site is hosted, I just want to check with my top geek mentors first on that. Thanks, guys - Amy Jeremy, Neil, thanks for your support through this techno-hassle. My plug-ins are from wordpress.org — just reinstalled them all to the latest version.

I might try that Wordpress automatic update plugin too. Because of one oddidty of how my site is hosted, I just want to check with my top geek mentors first on that.

Thanks, guys

- Amy

]]> By: Neil Ford http://www.contentious.com/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206654 Neil Ford Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206654 The other really useful too is the Wordpress Automatic Update plugin (available from the Wordpress site), which makes staying up to date really easy. It also does a database and file backup you can download at the same time. As for mobile broadband, there are USB devices sold by some carriers that do work with the Mac, though you do need to make sure they have updated drivers if you've updated to Leopard, as people have had problems. They work fine under Tiger. Good tip re. always using https over http. I do it for Gmail but sometimes for get for other things. Time to fix that for all my wordpress installations at least. And I'm definitely sticking around here, I like what I read :) - Neil. The other really useful too is the Wordpress Automatic Update plugin (available from the Wordpress site), which makes staying up to date really easy. It also does a database and file backup you can download at the same time.

As for mobile broadband, there are USB devices sold by some carriers that do work with the Mac, though you do need to make sure they have updated drivers if you’ve updated to Leopard, as people have had problems. They work fine under Tiger.

Good tip re. always using https over http. I do it for Gmail but sometimes for get for other things. Time to fix that for all my wordpress installations at least.

And I’m definitely sticking around here, I like what I read :)

- Neil.

]]> By: Jeremy Osborne http://www.contentious.com/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206652 Jeremy Osborne Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:33:20 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/archives/2007/11/13/i-think-this-blog-hack-is-under-control-knock-wood/#comment-1206652 Good to know you're back at "yellow" alert only. I use wordpress 2.3.1. The plug-in display in the admin screen will warn you if the Wodpress codex has an updated version of your plug-in available. (Obviously, the plug-ins you use must be hosted by Wordpress.org for this update warning to happen.) It's not an automatic email update, but it's better than my old click the website for each plug-in method. Good to know you’re back at “yellow” alert only. I use wordpress 2.3.1. The plug-in display in the admin screen will warn you if the Wodpress codex has an updated version of your plug-in available. (Obviously, the plug-ins you use must be hosted by Wordpress.org for this update warning to happen.) It’s not an automatic email update, but it’s better than my old click the website for each plug-in method.

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