Hacked

I came to check my site tonight, and it was breaking with parse errors. My first thought was that somehow the file breaking it had gotten an extra blank line added at the end – which can sometimes mess up php pages. So I opened the file and went to the end, and found something odd: a chunk of iframe code leading to some domain I’ve never heard of.

I just spent about 20 minutes going through individual files and removing this iframe code from the bottom of them. I’ve alerted my host. I may also need to discuss it with the blog programmer, if it’s an exploitable flaw in the blog system – although this is the first I’ve heard of it. I’m thinking it might be related to permission settings I’ve messed with, or something.

In any case, the moron hacker didn’t get anything out of it. No linklove from my site, since she or he broke it. What a sad, sad idiot.

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Posted on August 14, 2006

4 Responses to “Hacked”

Alexander says:

August 24, 2006 at 6:15 am

If your site is hacked, it means that your site is popular. Pay more attention to security and continue promoting your site.
Madeline says:

August 24, 2006 at 7:51 am

Visted your link directory pages.
You need more categories.
family – divorce
kids and teens
hobbys – woodworking
kids and teens – toys
shopping – toys
Sapphire says:

August 24, 2006 at 6:16 am

I guess it does mean it’s popular, so that’s a positive spin to put on it! I’m definitely going to work with the host and/or blog programmer to make sure we’ve done all we can to prevent anything else like this. Security’s an ever-evolving issue, because the people who break it keep learning new tricks.
Sapphire says:

August 24, 2006 at 2:44 pm

You can suggest those from within the directory, Madeline.