The forum, which runs on the popular phpBB3 software, was hit by a phishing attempt in the last few hours. Around 2000 private messages were sent by hundreds of newly registered users. It’s not clear how this automated attack got past our own spam hammer protection that bars new users from sending private messages. Apologies […]
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phpBB3 mobile device detection script
When we setup the phpBB3 mobile theme for the forum we edited the code to exclude a few large-screen devices. We noticed that the browser detection script is taken from non-commercial licensed junk code. The mobile detection script author wants $50/year for these 10 lines of highly resource intensive preg_match statements. Come on! That is […]
phpBB3 spam hammer v1.0.0 for AUTOMOD
A few months ago we introduced our spam filter for phpBB3 forums that prohibits links for new users. Since installing it we’ve had zero, none, nada new forum spam. We’re happy to announce release v1.0.0 of the filter. It’s now packaged for the phpBB3 AUTOMOD install system. We also submitted it to be included in […]
Week in (p)review: February 20, 2011
Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. This week our favorite project gets a free SOIC protoboard. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: A new firmware and PC application to program CPLDs and FPGAs with the Bus Pirate MOD for the phpBB3 forum stops almost […]
ANTI-SPAM MOD: Disable links to fight spam in phpBB3
Spam poured in after our recent move to a phpBB3 forum. Captchas, registration questions, and other measures only stopped the stupidest scripts and annoyed everyone. No more of that cat and mouse game, we’re trying something new. We deny spammers what they want: most links are now disabled for new users and guests. This dead-simple […]