Website hacked = New Website Oct 29, 2007 15:24
Well, my new website is starting to take shape. It's been in the oven for quite some time now, but I recently had external motivations to set it free even before it was completely baked.
That motivation came in the form of my old website being hacked. :) Some clever PHP hacking had happened to allow the script kiddie the possibility of executing shell commands on the hosted box. Not pretty. I ended up hosting some malware/trojan files that were intended for a Brazilian audience. The hack came from the Sao Paulo area.
When I found out about it, I didn't have time to actually figure out how my website was exploited. So we danced for a few days: I deleted the files, the hacker replaced them. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
It turns out the hacker got a bit frustrated, so he/she then decided to "rm -r *". Well, that was brilliant. It not only deleted my entire website, but it also deleted his/her backdoor. :) No more website, no more hacker.
No biggie, I was working on releasing an update to my website off and on for a few weeks (ok...a few months). So, it was time to change it and move forward. Restoring the content and moving all my blog entries over has taken a bit of time and effort. I had to write a few ruby scripts to help parse/convert the raw data from the old database, and I still have more work to do. But it's far enough along for me to write a new blog entry. :)
What you see here is the new website. It's built on top of MODx. I wanted a more streamlined, "web 2.0"ish website that really focused on Brain Endeavor's core competencies. I'm pleased with it, if you'd like, let me know what you think.
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