Video: The Adventure of English
Saturday, April 28th, 2012This 5 part series details the history of the evolution of English from Friis to modern English. Very interesting.
Archive for April, 2012
Video: Human Instinct
Monday, April 23rd, 2012A must watch series on your base functions. Human Instinct
Video: Ring of Fire – 10 year trip through the Indonesian Island Chain
Saturday, April 14th, 2012Drupal Architecture
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
WordPress hacked
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012Interesting that WordPress can be hacked.
Observations
- Blog infected with malware
- base64 decode in index.php
- FAQ
- identified as redirector.ji
- Identified as Trojan:JS/BlacoleRef.W
Research
- Google: base64 decode wordpress hacked site:dreamhost.com
- Case study of website malware removal
- WordPress Directory and File Permissions
Tools
- Securi Scan – shows if your site is infected and what it is infected with.
- Searching for backdoor on your server
- TroubleShooting hacked sites
- Example debug sequence
Procedures
SMART HDD Malware removal
Sunday, April 8th, 2012Yikes when will these guys quit and get a real job? This one hides your files and makes it hard to recover.
- Ran TDSSKiller – nothing detected
- Ran MalwareBytes – detected a list of things – deleted > Indirect Link to offline download of threat database here - Link Direct to threat database download here
- Found SMART HDD removal instructions at this point
- Ran unhide.exe and the computer returned to normal operation with a few icons missing from the start menu
Better!