Tag Archives: scum

State Sponsored hacking?

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Steve

So yesterday my site got hit by a large number(140) of Chinese IP addresses  all trying to login to my site. Fail2 ban blocked them and sent me lots of emails: Then this morning another pile of Chinese IP addresses … Continue reading →

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A very large but sneakily slow bot-net?

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Steve

Anyone who runs a server is used to it to being attacked by compromised machines which target their SSH services, their web services and their email services. The attack on the email services takes two forms : either trying to … Continue reading →

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The scum at Semalt are at it again

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Steve

I got a lot of hits with a referrer of keywords-monitoring-your-success . com Lots of different IP addresses – all in Brazil… And guess what : yes its the scum at Semalt up to their old tricks again. Why can’t … Continue reading →

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Final Proof that Semalt are rogue scum

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Steve

This site, along with others I run, was swamped by traffic from Semalt in the past .  Today the following article came to my attention which just confirms what I think myself and many other people had realised – that … Continue reading →

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Cheltenham – not a nice place to live

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Steve

Got up this morning and found the 93 has been vandalised again So in the past 8 months: 93 – smashed windscreen 93 – dents in the roof from some scrote running over it 95 – smashed windscreen 93 – … Continue reading →

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