Author Posts : counterjmb

Gootloader infection cleaned up

Uncategorized / February 27, 2022

Dear blog owner and visitors, This blog had been infected to serve up Gootloader malware to Google search victims, via a common tactic known as SEO (Search Engine Optimization) poisioning. Your blog was serving up 380 malicious pages. Your blogged served up malware to 19 visitors. I tried my best to clean up the infection, but I would do the following: Upgrade WordPress to the latest version (one way the attackers might have gained access to your server) Upgrade all WordPress themes to the latest versions (another way the attackers might have gained access to your server) Upgrade all WordPress plugins (another way the attackers might have gained access to …..

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To Blog?

ramblings / September 23, 2014
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Should I create a professional blog? I don’t feel that I am particularly qualified yet to discuss technical matters with any amount of authority. However, I do see that this can be an outlet for my professional development and help track goals. I can’t expect that I will update this as much. While I am a proficient document, I have never been very much of a blogger. Even as a child I’ve never kept a diary. I’d buy leather bound books and quills but was always inconsistent with my entries. I guess that is an issue with audience. I know who I am writing to when writing technical documentation, but …..

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