Tech

How My Site Was Hacked And How I Fixed It After 72 Hours

Published

1 year ago

February 12, 2019

A few days ago, I just got to work and typed in my URL on my laptop found out my site was hacked and trust me this was my first reaction

I knew wailing wouldn’t get me anywhere so I decided to get to work anyway at least that’s the only thing I could do.

I tried to log in to my ADMIN panel and guess what, it was inaccessible too.

Chisos …What could actually get worse?

How My Site Was Hacked

Well, a wise man once told me that in any situation you’re stuck in you’re usually not the first to go through it, always turn to Google. So I rushed off to scan Google for solutions and the results I saw made me feel like a boss literally

Besides,

Hater’s gonna hate but I’m getting my site back. So I followed the instructions I got and voila my blog was loading again.

Wait.. did you think that was all? Lmao, that was just the beginning of the whole hullabaloo or whatever grammarians call it.

So I decided to go and make a post on my blog and while doing that the ugly reality suddenly hit me,

My database had been corrupted. My images weren’t loading, Plugins were broken and all that. Boy, I was downright frustrated. You know those moments when you feel like you should have done something before it happened and darkness starts creeping in even though it’s day time

Yeah. I had that feeling right then. I rushed off to my host and asked them if I had any backups available and they’re like

That was enough to throw me off balance for a few minutes, I was actually mad at them for not having a backup

Then they dropped the bombshell and I felt like dying

The backup problem wasn’t from my host, I mistakenly skipped it when installing WordPress. I had no excuse so I had to figure out a way to get my site up and running again. I tried for hours and all efforts proved abortive until towards evening.

I had a crazy thought to just quit the whole thing since my site was hacked but I just said

Another solution I came up with was actually pretty simple, back up my images and my posts then reinstall my WordPress. So I got Filezilla and connected it to my site and saw I had to download files of up too 2gb.

I’ve been blogging for more than 3 years so I wasn’t really surprised the site was that big, I tried downloading the 2GB file and the network at my location was just messed up. So I had to pause the download to continue the next day

So while texting my friend Soju (He runs SojuOppa.net a K-Drama movie site and My9jaTv.com for HD Iroko Nollywood Movies) he suggested I use a VPS.

Let me clarify what a VPS is like another computer in another country that is connected to very fast internet but you can control it from your own computer here in Nigeria so you’re basically downloading something but not from your data bundle and the downloaded files stay on the virtual computer.

That suggestion was the turning point of everything.

The next day, I started the whole process. Deleted my website and downloaded my images. Created it back and added back the images.

Did that fix it?

Nope. It failed. My posts refused to show and the whole site was still broken. P.S – I have about 1900 Posts on this website.

I was losing my patience and then I had to take the final decision. If it didn’t work after that. I was done. NaijaTechGuy would be sold off since my site was hacked. Almost 4 years of hard work gone.

So here is exactly what saved me.

I recently moved to WordPress from Blogger this January and I share all my links to twitter immediately after making a post.
I imported my old posts from Blogger
Went to Twitter collected all my links – I did it manually at first. Later I just wrote a Python script to automatically send me all the links.
I viewed the cached version of my site from Google and copy and pasted the content back to the website making sure it matched the same URL or link as the previous posts
After that, my site was back online

Of course It was in a little way my fault my site got hacked, I was so obsessed with making my site fast for users that I even forgot to close the backdoor. I had no security plug-in and I had a lot of plugins running on the site. About 60.

So that’s basically how my 3 sleepless days went. Well, now I’ve learned my lesson, the hard way. All the same, as they say, experience is sometimes the best teacher.

I’ll drop my pen at this point. I haven’t been posting because I would feel bad without telling you guys exactly how my site was hacked and just move on as nothing happened. Posting would resume as usual soon.

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Tech

Don’t Buy The iPhone SE In Nigeria Until You Read This

Published

2 months ago

May 4, 2020

Michael Ajah

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So the iPhone SE 2020 was announced a couple of weeks ago and the reviews were pretty interesting considering how the “fruit” company prices their products. Don’t get me wrong if I say Apple is the only fruit company that doesn’t sell fruits, no hard feelings iSheeps .

iPhone SE 2020 Release Date

Let’s be honest, ever since the coronavirus outbreak many people around the world have been laid off. You can picture the recent issue with Access Bank Nigeria here, and the same is happening all around the world. The new iPhone SE costs about $399 (That’s roughly around N175,000) which I’ll say is quite a lot in this part of the world considering the situation we’re in.

You get the drift right. In general I expect that most people here would prefer to pay for food to put on the table instead of buying a new phone like in some parts of the world. But the second-generation iPhone SE starts at $399 and in the US, some individuals might have the feeling of being “rich” after receiving their stimulus check from the government.

Eligible individuals will receive up to $1,200 and an additional $500 for each qualifying child. So all it takes is an extra payment for one child to afford either the 64GB model ($399) or the 128GB variant ($449).

The 256GB model is priced at $549. With the global economy possibly heading into recession, we would expect to see consumers holding on to their current smartphones for longer than they usually do.

Nevertheless, Please don’t get a new phone till this is over, not the iPhone SE 2020 unless it’s totally necessary if you are in any part of the world, whether you’re receiving stimulus packages or not. Get some food and stay indoors.

By the way the iPhone SE ships on May 13th, just keep that in mind.

iPhone SE 2020 Quick Specifications

Display Type: Retina IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Display Size: 4.7-inches, (65.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution: 750 x 1334 pixels, 16:9 aspect ratio
Multi-Touch: Yes, up to 10 fingers
Network Support – 2G,3G,4G
RAM – 3GB
Internal Memory: 64GB/128GB/256GB
Operating System: iOS 13
Chipset – A13 Bionic Chip

Camera

Rear ( 12-megapixel, f/1.8, (wide)
Features: Video, Pictures, Dual-LED dual-tone, HDR
Videos: Stereo sound rec, HDR, OIS, [email protected]/60/120/240fps, [email protected]/30/60fps

Selfie Camera

Single: 7-megapixel, f/2.2
Features: Video, Picture, Panorama, Face detection, HDR
Videos: gyro-EIS, [email protected]

Battery

Type: Non-removable
Capacity: 1821mAh Li-Ion
Fast Charging: Yes, 18W, 50% in 30 min
Qi Wireless charging: Yes
3.5mm jack: No

SENSORS

Fingerprint Scanner: Yes, (front-mounted)

CONNECTIVITY.

WIFI: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Hotspot, dual-band
NFC: Yes
FM Radio: No
USB: 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Bluetooth: v5.0, A2DP, LE

smartphones

Vivo announces Exynos processor smartphone with 5G connection up to 3.55Gbps

Published

8 months ago

November 7, 2019

Emmanuel Akor

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Vivo presented today during an event in China, its new smartphone Vivo X30. This smartphone stands out thanks to the presence of the Exynos 980 processor, the first to support dual-mode 5G (SA / NSA). Support for both 5G ‘bands’ will allow you to achieve better performance with regard to mobile internet speed and stability.

In fact, the manufacturer promises impressive performance at speeds up to 3.55Gbps using 5G networks. As for the choice of the Exynos 980 processor, they had little choice, as this is the only chip in production that supports dual-mode 5G.

Unfortunately, during the announcement of the Vivo X30, the manufacturer did not disclose any further information about its specifications. It was just revealed that it will be marketed during December in China. They have also confirmed that it will reach several European markets that already have a stable 5G network.

Alleged Vivo X30 Specifications

Even though official information about the specifications of the Vivo X30 has not been revealed, there are already several leaks and rumors about this smartphone. So we already have a good idea of what you can offer users.

The Vivo X30 should come with a 6.5 “inch Super AMOLED display with Full HD + resolution, 90Hz refresh rate and built-in fingerprint reader. The Exynos 980 processor will be supported by up to 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of internal memory.

In the photographic segment, this smartphone will not disappoint either. It is believed that it will have a total of four cameras on its rear panel: 64MP + 13MP + 8MP + 2MP. Dedicated to selfies, will be a 32MP front camera.

It was also revealed that it will have a generous 4,500mAh battery with support for charging at 30W / 22.5W.

Despite being a mid-range smartphone (thanks to its processor), the Vivo X30 should have quite impressive specifications. As for its price, it is believed to be between € 410 and € 460.