Thanks, Ann - I exhaled more than a few sighs of relief one it got back
up and running!
On 10/2/2014 11:15 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
a nice "phew!" for you! good to hear it's back up
ann
On 10/2/2014 21:20, Mark C wrote:
Yippie - managed to get my blog back up and running! I sent the SQL
backup to the webhost this afternoon and they restored the old,
uncorrupted database. Once I reuploaded the B2Evolution PHP files etc, I
was back where I was with the blog showing old posts but refusing to
show any new content.
Then I got lucky and found a post where someone solved the blank content
problem by simply disabling the auto-link plug-in. I don't know why this
problem suddenly reared its head now - probably some upgrade on the
server - but for now it is fixed.
In a week or so I'll try incremental upgrades from my old version to the
latest....
Mark
On 10/2/2014 2:36 PM, Mark C wrote:
I hope no hacking is involved but I also know that spammers and their
bots are relentless. I do check to be sure the site is not blacklisted
and also monitor the stats as best as I can. A couple of years ago I
blacked listed all of China in the .htaccess. I've had two security
breaches in the past that I know of - the worst was caused by a weak
password (my fault) and one was caused by a weakness in shared hosting
(another user on the same server was able to gain access to my
account.) The first breach (a long time ago - I don't even remember
when) was the worst and did get the site blacklisted for a while,
which is when I learned it was a good idea to monitor the blacklists.
But that is sort of like checking on your health by making sure you
are not in the obituaries!
Mark
On 10/2/2014 12:32 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
I've learned, through administering some company wordpress sites that
one really needs to stay on top of upgrading to the latest releases
(of everything: Wordpress, themes, plug-ins, etc.) I imagine the same
is true of just about any software out there (Drupal, Joomla,
b2evolution, etc.)There are vulnerabilities that open up and bots are
written to look for those vulnerable versions and exploit them.
Checking the Changelog of your software will often be informative on
what improvements have been made and sometimes what vulnerabilities
have been patched:
http://www.longtermfix.com/test/blog/doc/changes.html
Googling: "b2evolution [your version number] vulnerability"
will also give some insights into what might have happened. It looks
like b2evolution has been vulnerable to SQL injections and so that
would be my first guess. In some cases the vulnerability results in
your site being used to spam which ends up getting your site
blacklisted by your web host or Google or other sites.
That being said, you will surely find more knowledgeable people on the
b2evolution forums.
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:14 PM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Oct 2, 2014, at 5:00 am, Attila Boros <attila.p...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Ouch! Your host should also have backups, but it's a good idea to
make
your own backups for a little added safety. If your version is 5
years
old, maybe you can't upgrade directly to the latest version, but
better ask their support / forums.
My advice with backups is to never trust a hosting provider to do
them for you, even if you're paying for it. Also restoring files
can be expensive. A company I used to work for found that out;
after that we set up our own remote backup system which proved quite
useful in the long run.
Attila's advice about the upgrade is good, maybe you can upgrade
incrementally provided you can get hold of the intermediate
versions. I've been involved in difficult upgrades like that before
- all I can say is "good luck" :)
Cheers,
Dave
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