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The Big Exodus

Details: Written by: Super User; Category: News; Published: 24 October 2026; Hits: 8

Well, who would have thunk it... AI found a bug in something real old and the world was tipped on its head!

Due to the PHP2SHELL bugs found in PHP, and the fact the old server was a bit long in the tooth, a new server was lined up and the migration of sites has started! If you are reading this then this site has managed to come out the other side and is not 'mostly' protected from the bugs. Nobody knows whether the actual fix will work as intended until AI has had its fair share of bashing our sites again!

Until then, I need some sleep after this week!

-DJ

Receiving Mail problem

Details: Written by: DJDave UK; Category: News; Published: 19 August 2026; Hits: 239

Due to an overnight security patch, receiving mail was not working for some accounts. This has been rectified and all your mail should arrive soon!

-DJ

Site Hacked

Details: Written by: DJDave UK; Category: News; Published: 08 July 2026; Hits: 394

Unfortunately the Webspider site was hacked and defaced.

I am busy restoring it, but it's not on my priority list because of the other commercial and charity web sites I manage.

This was only the Webspider site and not the underlying server code which controls things such as emails etc.

UPDATE: 9/7/26 Site has been cleaned up and patches put in place to try and secure the site better. Disabling parts of the site which were used for the hacks should prevent further graffiti artists from doing damage until I can move the whole web site to a newer and more up to date platform. I am sure "trenggalek6etar"/"CoupDeGrace" et al will continue to probe the site...

UPDATE: 14/7/27 Finally got round to doing the necessary work to secure the web site. Some other hacker got in via AJAX calls from the template being used. All secured properly now.

-DJ

Network/Internet issues overnight

Details: Written by: Super User; Category: News; Published: 05 March 2024; Hits: 8181

Due to a failure in the networking at the data centre where the Webspider server is located, we suffered a major outage overnight from about 22:15 GMT through to around 02:00 GMT.

Everything seems to be back online so I am going through services and web sites to make sure all is well once again.

UPDATE: Another outage last night when I was fast asleep - all fixed within a couple of hours

-DJ

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