Category Archives: Security

Security related things, scripts, firewalls, updates and other goodness

WordPress mass update script 3.3.1

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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Checking a potentially hacked machine and reinstalling packages when you break things

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Liz Quilty

Sometimes you may see something odd go past in the logs, on the screen, or something might just seem a bit 'off' somehow. Its a good idea when this happens to just double check that things are as they should … Continue reading →

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DigiNotar and SSL certificates

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Glenn Enright

Great news! We were pretty sure, but a recent notification from our certificate supplier told us that none of the certificates ordered on behalf of our customers are signed by DigiNotar. For those of you not aware, DigiNotar is a … Continue reading →

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Why is your server sending spam? why does it keep crashing with high load?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Liz Quilty

We get asked these questions regularly, and 9 out of 10 times it may be because your server may have been hacked, either on a user level, web application, or more. Here are some ways to quickly check for the … Continue reading →

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Apache exploit may crash your server – heres how to fix it

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Liz Quilty

We have picked up that there was an exploit in Apache which can result in your server running out of memory. the discovery was noticed quiet some time ago, but never fixed, and it seems to have reared its head … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.2.1

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.2

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.1.4

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.1.3

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.1.2

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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