No it’s not broken. The theme. Yes, the WordPress theme. I chose this to come back to old school. Which I miss.
Oh and by the way, thanks for visiting. This blog hasn’t been really updated in a while. I’m just coming back to update it with the latest WP version (as a janitor as usual).
Have a great day!
AJ
When: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM – January 30, 2010, Saturday
Where: Hotel Rembrandt – 26 Tomas Morato Extension Quezon City, Philippines
Google Map Location
In partnership with Microsoft Philippines, PHP User Group Philippines
presents PHP Developers Summit 2010. We are inviting you to come and join us in this gathering of the country’s best tech-talents, professionals and web developers promoting the use of PHP and open source solutions in the enterprise and schools. Free flowing coffee with lots of freebies and raffle prizes! So what are you waiting for?
Registration starts at 8:00 AM. See you all there! ^_~
Speakers:
Sponsors:
Microsoft Philippines
Zend
Globe Labs
Limited Special Offer
If you register early and pay within the year 2009, you’ll get a
ticket for only Php 1,000.00 and we’ll give you One (1) FREE Microsoft
limited edition thumb drive.
Registration and Ticket Payment Instructions
Online registration website is currently being tested right now. In
the mean time, you could pre-register by sending your name, position,
company and contact details to chean [ at ] phpugph [ dot ] com and by settling your
ticket payment through bank deposit:
Bank Name: Banco de Oro (BDO)
Account Name: PHP User Group Philippines Inc.
Savings Account No. 290226988
Branch: San Juan Branch
To all who would pay for the event tickets, kindly send me a scanned
copy of the deposit slip for payment confirmation.
Thank you very much.
Truly yours,
Cherrie Ann B. Domingo
President
PHP User Group Philippines Inc.
Email: chean [ at ] phpugph [ dot ] com
Web: http://www.phpugph.com
Mobile: +63917.865.2412
Phone: (02) 975.6976
I’ve done an audit on the files of phpugph.com’s SMF board and found that a certain user who’s only identity is krisbarteo@gmail.com using the IP 94.142.129.147 appended spam links to the Settings.php of SMF.
I’m no security expert, but I think what he did was he uploaded an avatar with a PHP code inside it, found a server/script exploit and ran it. I opened up the avatar (after looking for it for hours) and found this code (see below screenshot). Then he launched the attack from there appending malicious links on a file that is being included everytime SMF draws a page.
A quick Diff on SMF’s base files and our SMF files revealed that a new readme.php was created. And it contained the following:
Decoding that garbled texts reveals that readme.php was run on the browser and that was the main cause of appending links on the Settings.php.
I am still baffled by the fact that some people would do such things. Disrupt service for profit? Well, as for krisbarteo, yes you’ve succeeded in doing that. Then what? Happy now? If you only have used that smarts and skills on the good stuff, you’d probably be rich by now.
To all PHPugers, we hope that this thing doesn’t happen again even if we all know that the Internet isn’t safe from these crackers. It’s all good. For now.
If you are a member of PHPUGph.com, you are entitled to a 1 year free account subscription at Mployd.ph. The account subscription is worth Php 10,000 approx. ($250).
Login to PHPUGPH now and grab the exclusive promo code. Hurry! This offer expires October 31, 2008 is extended till the end of the year!
Spreading the news
Date: August 7, 2008 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Venue: Isla Ballroom, Tower Wing, EDSA Shangrila
Globe Labs is a new organization within Globe Telecom whose mission is to help bring in the newest future technology services at the earliest market-relevant time. We explore new and future technologies, and partner with developers to create new Internet, wired and wireless applications.
What Globe have in store for you: Learn, Build, Compete and Succeed
PHP User Group Philippines, Inc., being one of the institution partners of Globe Labs, has been given 200 SLOTS for this upcoming big event.
We are inviting PHPUGPH members to attend. T-SHIRTS designed for PHPUGPH would be given away as freebies plus exciting raffle prizes awaits you…
***FIRST 300 individual registrants gets a GIFT***
Below are some links of articles regarding the event:
From Businessworld (Entreprenews)
http://entreprenews.com.p…in.php?id=062508.gonzalez
From the Inquirer:
http://technology.inquire…gets-3G-mobile-developers
From the Manila Times:
http://www.manilatimes.ne…htimes/20080627tech5.html
From Manila Bulletin:
http://www.mb.com.ph/INFO20080627128372.html
From PCWorld:
http://www.pcworld.com.ph…5&ID=H,485,PWP,PWP-16
From Yugatech:
http://www.yugatech.com/b…pens-globe-labs-division/
From Globe Labs website:
http://www.globelabs.com…./News/Forms/AllItems.aspx