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German hosting provider #Mittwald is under attack again … 😬

“…the attackers have resumed their attacks on our infrastructure. So far, [they] have managed to exploit a security vulnerability and compromise our corporate website. We have temporarily taken the website offline. […] As the attackers are clearly professional actors using automated AI systems, we have taken the precautionary measure of disabling our customer portal, mStudio, and all SSH connections.”

https://www.mittwald-status.de/incidents/255116 (DE)

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That’s a very lucrative “honeypot” … 🤔

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/policy/alice-huang-reportedly-instrumental-in-securing-over-usd7-5-billion-of-nvidia-ai-gpu-imports-during-three-year-relationship-with-jensen-huang-helped-move-240-000-banned-chips-into-china-mostly-h100-and-h200

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“Given our mankind-transforming technology, we are targeting an IPO valuation of $2 trillion … err … $1.5 trillion … err … $1.3 trillion …

anyway

…now you can brainstorm on whiteboards! 🎉”

🧐

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Just heard about the #MCP incident at German hosting provider #Mittwald. 😬 The attacker got hold of session tokens for mStudio accounts. If you connected mStudio to an AI assistant via MCP, it’s time to rotate your secrets: password, API keys, project tokens, SSH keys …
https://www.mittwald.de/lp/mcp-faq

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#Webmention for #Craft CMS 1.6.0 is out! 🎉

Ready for @craftcms 5.12 and its MCP server: the Webmention Switch is now a real boolean, bulk resaves no longer re-send webmentions, and multi-domain sites get their mentions on the right entry.

github.com/matthiasott/webmention/releases/tag/v1.6.0

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Swing, little pendulum, SWIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!

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Queens of the Stone Age just released one last single before their new album drops tomorrow. And that guy on the drums seems to really know what he’s doing. So punchy! 😁🥁

https://youtu.be/p61_ZkIiND0

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Stillstand durch Technik.

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@csstricks/117507965781292746

Yessssssss!! Go @geoff! 🫶🔥👏💚

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Obrigado, Brasil! 🙏🌎💚

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Brace yourselves for the true horrors of AI-generated Halloween … 🎃😱

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And there will be a live stream as well:
https://www.youtube.com/live/4PNiwX4Go5A

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We’re going to see this tonight … 🤩🎻
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_3da0fPLQs

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Still here for the craft. Don’t @ me. 😁

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Feels like this is the final boss … 👾

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Client’s sending half-baked prototypes again and asking if they can just add them to the site themselves.

Thanks, Dario!

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Official #php2shell soundtrack just leaked:

https://youtu.be/0l0nzPpvbFs

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And seeing all the reports from people waiting for their hosting providers to patch the servers their clients’ sites run on (myself included), and with all-inkl.com, the host I moved away from, still down, there’s also something to be said for taking care of some things yourself – and choosing your hosting provider carefully.

Still, hang in there, everyone patching things late into the night! 🫶

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My first reaction to #php2shell was: “Dang, that’s the thing with running your own VPS – you have to keep everything up to date yourself…”

But: my own site is already running on #PHP 8.4.27. ✅

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RE: https://fedi.katze.sh/@elise/117479383739450605

Happy #PHP Groundhog Day!

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The issue affects PHP-FPM, mod_php, php-cgi, FrankenPHP and LiteSpeed. Update as soon as your distro or repo has the packages. On shared hosting, you might ask your host whether they’ve patched already. #CyberSecurity #infosec #php

https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-21-5

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If you can't update yet or a patch is not yet available for your distro / repo: Apply the temporary mitigations from the advisory. Set them in php.ini, then restart PHP:

```
session.upload_progress.enabled = 0
post_max_size = 32M
upload_max_filesize = 30M
```

They reduce the risk but don’t fix it.

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What could an attacker do? Read everything your site can read (config files with database passwords and secret keys, the entire database), change your site (spam links, malicious JavaScript, hidden backdoors), and use your server to send spam or attack others. 🥳

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Again, those security releases PHP just shipped are just … 🤯
Those two bugs let anyone run their own code on your server with a single crafted request: no login needed, and it happens before your CMS or framework even starts. And proof-of-concept exploits are already circulating … 🧵

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Update your PHPs, everyone:

“PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 fix two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution. All PHP users are strongly encouraged to update immediately.”

https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-21-5

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Stop the count! 😁🤍❤️ #UCL #VfB

Stop the count! 😁🤍❤️ #UCL #VfB

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😍 #VfBATM

😍 #VfBATM

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Queens of the Stone Age’s “Alive in the Catacombs” really is a recording for the ages. Literally.

(Also: 💀 Skull warning! Look up the Catacombs of Paris if you’re wondering about the setting …)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G14LBixxxWo

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(After I cancelled a few others! 🤡)

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I registered a domain! 🥳