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How to thwart the “GET /phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php ” or “POST /phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php ” attack

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I usually don’t post highly technical stuff on my blog but this one was entertaining in a geek sort of way. I was tired of seeing script kiddies try this brute force attack on my server. I googled the heck out of it and tried some of the suggestions but nothing was working so I engineered my own fix. Here it is.

rename the /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php script to something else. Replace it with the following code:

<?PHP
    include("stopit.html");
?>

Create a file in that directory called stopit.html with the following code:

<HEAD>
    <TITLE>Stop It!</TITLE> 
</HEAD> 
<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Stop It!</H1> 
<P ALIGN=CENTER>
   <IMG SRC="stopit.jpg">
</P>
</BODY> 
</HTML>

Here is my stopit.jpg

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BB-8 App-Enabled Droid || Built by Sphero

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Meet BB-8™ – the app-enabled Droid™ that’s as authentic as it is advanced. BB-8 has something unlike any other robot – an adaptive personality that changes as you play. Based on your interactions, BB-8 will show a range of expressions and even perk up when you give voice commands. Set it to patrol and watch your Droid explore autonomously, make up your own adventure and guide BB-8 yourself, or create and view holographic recordings.

It’s now possible to explore the galaxy with your own trusty Astromech Droid by your side. BB-8 is more than a toy – it’s your companion. Learn more: sphero.com/starwars

Puppies Test The New Star Wars BB-8 Droid Toy

In a galaxy far, far away the new Star Wars BB-8 droid meets its match: a group of adorable, pint-sized puppies.

Sphero BB-8 Droid unboxing + Puppy review

This is an unboxing, setup and puppy test of the new Sphero BB-8 Starwars Droid!

Is your smartphone hurting your thumb? Now you can strengthen it with a mini weight called a THUMBELL

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thumbell

A miniature weight has been designed to help people improve the strength of their thumbs.

The ‘Thumbell’ was designed after new research revealed that 26 million Britons suffer thumb pain because of too much gadget use.

The survey, commissioned by O2, found that 43 per cent of people have had thumb pain in the last five years.

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The Stig’s 130mph lawnmower – Top Gear Magazine

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As part of BBC Top Gear Magazine’s Speed Week issue, we took along Honda’s 130mph lawnmower to be driven in anger for the very first time by Groundskeeper Stiggie. Trust us, until you’ve seen a fearless man in white cresting the ton down the pit straight in a small ride-on mower before — without braking — taking a ‘shortcut’ over several acres of French grass, you’ve not truly lived.