For the last six weeks or so, we’ve seen a huge increase in the number of internet hacking attempts of our site.
We don’t take it personally, and we doubt those attempts are related to anything that we do or say, but we have very nice ways to track both “eyeballs” and robot visits to this site; so, we notice such things. We’re surprised that the trend at our site, which we first observed in the beginning of November, seems to be accelerating in recent weeks. (If we did take it personally, we’d be a bit flattered.)
Here’s a sample from one of our statistics packages from early this morning:
While there are a few legitimate queries on the list, notice the attempts to access databases and upload files.
The best that we can determine, and we’re no expert on the subject, most of those attempts come from bots in China. (If they are not from China, then someone is spoofing Chinese addresses and hosting services because when we click on the blue numbers shown above, we get “whois” reports, and they all specify Chinese locations.)
To us, it is a reminder to keep strong passwords, run server and application exploit scanners, and deal with a quality hosting firm that’s looking out for us.
