Category Archives: Administrivia

Still More Information on the Outage

Posted on 2013-04-13 by jcs

Here’s another article on the ongoing attack on WordPress sites that helps explain what’s going on. From the description of the attack, I think Irreal is pretty safe since we don’t use stupid passwords but who knows. When all this … Continue reading →

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Outage

Posted on 2013-04-13 by jcs

I am unable to reach the administrative panel of Irreal to release today’s blog. Technical support reports that they are undergoing a DOS attack that (somehow) only affects administrative logins. I’m going to try pushing today’s post again. If you … Continue reading →

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Scheduled Outage

Posted on 2012-07-31 by jcs

Irreal’s hosting provider has notified me that the site will be down for scheduled maintenance on August 4th, from 12:01am to 4:00am EDT (UTC-0400).

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Malware Free

Posted on 2012-07-20 by jcs

I spent most of the day yesterday going over the entire site looking for malware. I made a local copy of irreal.org and grepped for the signatures that I discussed in my Anatomy of an Exploit post. I didn’t find … Continue reading →

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Malware Warnings

Posted on 2012-07-18 by jcs

Yesterday, Google started warning that the Irreal blog was unsafe. After some investigation, I determined that the site had, in fact, been compromised and some JavaScript that targeted Windows users (with the MSIE or Firefox browsers) was being served. I … Continue reading →

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Back!

Posted on 2012-06-01 by jcs

Annnnnd, I’m back. For the one or two of you who may have wondered were I’ve been, here’s the story. Last month, between the fifteenth and twentieth, I was in New York. I didn’t have to a chance to queue … Continue reading →

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Spam Update

Posted on 2012-03-12 by jcs

I’m seeing yet another spike in spam so I’ve reluctantly turned on moderation again. If NuCaptcha can plug the hole that appears to be allowing this spam I will, of course, turn it off again. Interestingly, one mystery is solved. … Continue reading →

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Spam Raises Its Head Again

Posted on 2012-03-11 by jcs

After a period of virtually no forum spam I’m seeing a spike in the amount of spam. This may be because of the recent NuCaptcha break or it may be due to the spammers using a Mechanical Turk-like strategy of … Continue reading →

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Site Outage

Posted on 2012-02-21 by jcs

My hosting provider has informed me that Irreal.org will be down for maintenance from 12:01 am to 4:00 am on February 25.

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