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Compromised Passwords 13 comments By AviPublished: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:00:11 -0200 Updated: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:29:40 -0200 Published: 26 Nov 2008 Updated: 29 Dec 2008 Published: 3:00 pm Updated: 9:29 am Categories: Linux & Open Source Tags:
       
Compromised Passwords 13 comments By AviPublished: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:00:11 -0200 Updated: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:29:40 -0200 Published: 26 Nov 2008 Updated: 29 Dec 2008 Published: 3:00 pm Updated: 9:29 am Categories: Linux & Open Source Tags:
       

I love to see crackers attacking my computers. I even wrote a Linux Magazine article about a successful invasion (portuguese).
Since recently, I leave a virtual machine with an easy password ready to be attacked, just to see these crackers’ leftovers, their rootkits and what they’ll do once they brake into my system.
Guess what. Once inside, [...]

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I was invaded again: more passwords for you not to use 0 comments By AviPublished: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:44:36 -0200 Published: 28 Dec 2008 Published: 12:44 pm Categories: Linux & Open Source Tags:
       

It took some time to have my honeypot invaded again in a useful way. They were attacking constantly but were using it only to connect to IRC rooms. Useless for me.
But yesterday a sweet cracker invaded it again and left behind about 240000 non-unique combinations of user+password he was using to invade others.
They were all [...]

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WordPress 2.7 Eye Candy 1 comment By AviPublished: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:47:10 -0200 Published: 12 Dec 2008 Published: 6:47 am Categories: Web 2.0 Tags:
       

Although WordPress 2.7 is almost only eye candy, it is great useful eye candy. The user interface is much much more practical, AJAXed, nice and fast.
I recommend an immediate upgrade. It worked flawlessly with my complex homemade theme, my homemade plugins, plus all other plugins I use throughout my blog.

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Yawasp Ultimate Anti-Spam Solution 3 comments By AviPublished: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:20:07 -0200 Updated: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:36:53 -0200 Published: 2 Dec 2008 Published: 10:20 am Updated: 10:36 am Categories: Web 2.0 Tags:
       

Spam fighting is a difficult job. Many spammers are too smart for Akismet and I was spending too much time cleaning comment spam.
Captcha-based anti-spam methods are ok but they hurt too much the usability and user experience.
Then I finally found Yawasp WordPress plugin that implements an innovative anti-spam method. It makes the comment form field [...]

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Compromised Passwords 13 comments By AviPublished: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:00:11 -0200 Updated: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:29:40 -0200 Published: 26 Nov 2008 Updated: 29 Dec 2008 Published: 3:00 pm Updated: 9:29 am Categories: Linux & Open Source Tags:
       

I love to see crackers attacking my computers. I even wrote a Linux Magazine article about a successful invasion (portuguese).
Since recently, I leave a virtual machine with an easy password ready to be attacked, just to see these crackers’ leftovers, their rootkits and what they’ll do once they brake into my system.
Guess what. Once inside, [...]

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