Comments on: The Assault On Pinkerton

By: Elenor Zeitz

Elenor Zeitz — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:21:36 +0000

I really dig what you write on here. We try and check it every day so keep up the good posts!

By: wit

wit — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:14:46 +0000

We think the problem with Th3rd World is actually DNS related and how their URL is pointing. There are a lot of great plug-ins out there for wp security. But by all means, don’t forget to back up your stuff.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:12:55 +0000

I’m sorry to hear you got hacked! For the last couple of days I’ve been bumping up my sites security, been lucky so far. *knock on wood* Another good thing to do is change the standard “admin” user name to something else.

By: Greg Bulmash

Greg Bulmash — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:04:55 +0000

Anf what happened to Th3rdWorld? They’ve been down since last night, showing an index of two zerolength favicon files like their entire site was erased.

By: Greg Bulmash

Greg Bulmash — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:02:28 +0000

Also look into Bad Behavior and making sure you update your WordPress install ASAP after new versions come out. People get scared to upgrade for fear of breaking plug-ins, but often the new version fixes a security hole.

By: Brogan

Brogan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:14:24 +0000

Wow, so that’s what happened! Thanks for the links. I just downloaded them and did a website back-up. That’s not even something that entered my mind before. Glad to see Pinkerton is up again…

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:01:05 +0000

“So, you’re saying werewolves kicked the barn door off the hinges and have eaten all your cows? Uhhh… here’s a padlock, dude. Look, it’s shiny!”

By: wit

wit — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:15:56 +0000

I did notify Tyler at Comicpress. As far as Wordpress, their response was to apply the plug-ins I mentioned. LOL

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:47:07 +0000

Ahh, the joys of open-source software… did you, perchance, inform the Wordpress people about this? If it’s a security hole in WP, they might want to know about it.

By: Garrett Williams

Garrett Williams — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:44:01 +0000

I believe my last comment was sent to moderation. If you fish that out, it has some recommendations.