Smackdown! https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/ Smackdown! Sat, 28 Aug 2021 05:52:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Peer certificate CN=`your.server.com’ did not match expected CN=`smtp.office365.com’ (WHM/cPanel issue) https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2021/08/28/peer-certificate-did-not-match-smtp-office365-com/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2021/08/28/peer-certificate-did-not-match-smtp-office365-com/#respond Sat, 28 Aug 2021 05:48:29 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1369 Problem: When you configure a script to use an external SMTP server, you get an error message that the certificate on your server doesn’t match the one on the remote SMTP server. Solution: The issue is that cPanel has changed its security settings and now disables remote connections to SMTP servers by default in order ... Read more

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]]> https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2021/08/28/peer-certificate-did-not-match-smtp-office365-com/feed/ 0 Florida Dept. of Health Officers Advised Not to Let Schools Know If It’s Unsafe to Reopen https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2020/07/18/florida-dept-of-health-officers-advised-not-to-let-schools-know-if-its-unsafe-to-reopen/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2020/07/18/florida-dept-of-health-officers-advised-not-to-let-schools-know-if-its-unsafe-to-reopen/#respond Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:21:57 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1342 On July 6th, 2020, Richard Corcoran, Commissioner of the Florida Department of Education, issued DOE order no. 2020-E0-06. This order in part dictated that all brick and mortar schools must open this August at least 5 days a week for all students, subject to the advice of the FL Department of Health: On July 15th, ... Read more

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]]> https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2020/07/18/florida-dept-of-health-officers-advised-not-to-let-schools-know-if-its-unsafe-to-reopen/feed/ 0 Does Evidence Suggest Robert Mueller Did Not Know The Special Counsel’s Investigation Was Ending Last Friday? https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2019/03/27/does-evidence-suggest-robert-mueller-did-not-know-the-special-counsels-investigation-was-ending-last-friday/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2019/03/27/does-evidence-suggest-robert-mueller-did-not-know-the-special-counsels-investigation-was-ending-last-friday/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:58:07 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1322 Last Tuesday, 3/19/2019, on “The Rachel Maddow Show”, Rachel discussed a filing by the Special Councel’s office that was made that day requesting an extension of time to file a response to a motion in Paul Manafort’s case. The reason cited for their request was because, “The counsel responsible for preparing the response face the ... Read more

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]]> https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2019/03/27/does-evidence-suggest-robert-mueller-did-not-know-the-special-counsels-investigation-was-ending-last-friday/feed/ 0 HostPapa Hosting Still Sucks: Now Extorts Customers https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2015/08/04/hostpapa-hosting-still-sucks/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2015/08/04/hostpapa-hosting-still-sucks/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:39:14 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1260 A few years back I blogged about HostPapa getting hit with a widespread hack that they lied to their customers about, and instead tried to blame on a non-existent WordPress security issue. More than just WordPress sites were affected, so obviously it was not that. It was most likely a cpanel bug that other hosting ... Read more

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]]> https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2015/08/04/hostpapa-hosting-still-sucks/feed/ 0 New WordPress Backdoor Style Discovered – Hackers Think They Are Sneaky https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2013/04/25/new-wordpress-backdoor-style-discovered-hackers-think-they-are-sneaky/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2013/04/25/new-wordpress-backdoor-style-discovered-hackers-think-they-are-sneaky/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:39:52 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1198 I was cleaning a client’s site today that had been hacked, when I discovered a new backdoor implementation that I had never seen before. This one is a perfect example of why automated scans are often not sufficient when cleaning up a hacked WordPress installation. You can see the full file here: 99bde887d.php. The file ... Read more

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]]> https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2013/04/25/new-wordpress-backdoor-style-discovered-hackers-think-they-are-sneaky/feed/ 0 Warning: WordPress.org Does Not Tell You If You Download An Infected Plugin From Them https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2013/04/10/warning-wordpress-org-does-not-tell-you-if-you-download-an-infected-plugin-from-them/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2013/04/10/warning-wordpress-org-does-not-tell-you-if-you-download-an-infected-plugin-from-them/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:00:19 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1173 Have you ever logged in to your WordPress dashboard, noticed that there were some updates pending, but simply couldn’t be bothered pushing the button to run them? Sure you have. Who hasn’t? A good majority of my work comes from dehacking websites that have been compromised, and even I slack on that from time to ... Read more

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]]> https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2013/04/10/warning-wordpress-org-does-not-tell-you-if-you-download-an-infected-plugin-from-them/feed/ 12 Hosting with HostPapa or Netregistry and Hacked? Switch Hosts Now. (hacked by hacker) https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/11/14/hacked-on-hostpapa-or-netregistry/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/11/14/hacked-on-hostpapa-or-netregistry/#respond Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:21:35 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1141 It looks like another pair of hosts have joined GoDaddy in the “Not our fault” game when their servers get breached. Yesterday I had a few people contact me whose sites had been hacked, all with the identical symptoms: the only thing showing on their sites are the words hacked by hacker in plain text, ... Read more

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]]> https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/11/14/hacked-on-hostpapa-or-netregistry/feed/ 0 Sometimes I Worry About the World I Live In. https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/10/17/sometimes-i-worry-about-the-world-i-live-in/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/10/17/sometimes-i-worry-about-the-world-i-live-in/#respond Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:25:02 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1128   Click on the picture below. Click Like, then Share, then type the words “Show me” in the comments. Watch and see what happens.

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]]> https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/08/06/the-truth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth/feed/ 0 Best.Nigerian.Scam.EVER! (We gonna send you to jail if you don’t read this email, do you get me?) https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/07/03/best-nigerian-scam-ever-we-gonna-send-you-to-jail-if-you-dont-read-this-email-do-you-get-me/ https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/07/03/best-nigerian-scam-ever-we-gonna-send-you-to-jail-if-you-dont-read-this-email-do-you-get-me/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:22:00 +0000 https://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/?p=1106 I have seen some pretty off the wall Nigerian Scam letters in the past, but this one has to be one of the most amazing I have ever received. Reading through this is an anthropological goldmine of insight into just how disconnected the scammers in that country are from how life really works here in ... Read more

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