TagsTagsLet’s check the PHP error log, shall we, and see what kind of spambots we’ve caught in our trap? When I installed our new spambot blocking code yesterday, I made sure to log all email script accesses that didn’t pass the token verification procedure. This lets me collect a list of ...
LGF, Internet, Blogosphere, Technology, Spam, Bots, captcha, jQuery, Javascript, Security
Here’s an update to yesterday’s report on the spambot infestation at LGF, attacking our contact form and “email an article” form: both forms have been available and active since yesterday afternoon, and not one spam email has gotten through since I installed the token-based method (using the jQuery Javascript library) ...
LGF, Internet, Blogosphere, Technology, Spam, Bots, captcha, jQuery, Javascript, Security
Oh brother. This morning a spambot of some kind finally got past the rather weak Javascript obfuscation I was using to hide the address of our contact form script, and my Inbox was filled with hundreds of porn/gambling spam emails, sent directly through the script using proxy IP addresses of ...
LGF, Internet, Blogosphere, Technology, Spam, Bots, captcha