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[adjective][species] was compromised last night through a template loader bug in WordPress. The only effect that we have seen from the compromise was that spam links were injected at the top of the page, visible only to users on certain IP ranges (notably Google; the goal being to boost spam sites’ popularity in the search engine). This appears to have been an automated attack on several WordPress sites on our host, and no data has been compromised, however, this should serve as a reminder to practice Safe Password!
If you run WordPress and find yourself in a similar situation, here are the steps required to clean it up:
- Search for the exploit in your installation. It looks like this at the top of your template’s index.php file. If you have access to the command line, you can check for it with the following command:
find . -name *.php -exec grep -q "mx_start" {}\; -print - Clean the files by removing the block. If you’d like to automate the process, here is a python snippet for doing so:
import re
import sys
f = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
text = f.read()
f.close()
pattern = re.compile(r'<\?php /\*mx_start.*mx_orig_end\*/ \?>', re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
print pattern.sub('', text)
Run it automatically by saving it as demx.py, and using bash like so:
for i in `find . -name *.php -exec grep -q "mx_start" {} \; -print`; do python demx.py $i > $i.demx; mv $i.demx $i; done
May 2014 Newsbytes archive
Finally got a ref sheet done for my main character Splash. Thank you askaarta (Link in comments)
Opinion: The top ten movies of 2013
Review: ‘The Jackal Queen’, by Roy Lisman
How did you choose your fursona?
Hi! I'm kinda new to this fandom and subreddit and I've seen all this hype about fursonas. So many of them are so amazing and I'm curious about how you decided on its design! Any tips/suggestions/stories are appreciated!
submitted by Discord2974[link] [25 comments]
Thinking of commissioning a tail. Any suggestions?
I've been thinking about getting a yarn tail recently. I've considered making one myself, but I don't think I would be able to find the time and motivation to finish it any time soon.
I was wondering if you all know of anyone who does yarn tail commissions? I don't really know what I want it to be like yet, so feel free to list anyone you know.
submitted by Pausbrak[link] [1 comment]
Tales of the Seal Folk
[Back from CaliFur, and we have so much to talk about!]
Over at Cartoon Brew they have premiered the brand-new trailer for the upcoming animated film Song of the Sea, directed by Tomm Moore. Like Moore’s previous film The Secret of Kells, this new feature will be hand-drawn in a traditional 2D fashion with a highly stylized design. And, like that first film, this new one is based on the legends and lore of Ireland — in this case, the story of the Selkies, magical beings who are seals in the ocean but can shed their furry skins to become humans on the land. “Song of the Sea tells the story of Ben and his little sister Saoirse – the last Seal-child – who embark on a fantastic journey across a fading world of ancient legend and magic in an attempt to return to their home by the sea. ” As with The Secret of Kells, Songs of the Sea has been picked up by GKIDS for distribution in North America. Now if we could just get a firm date for its release!

image c. 2014 Cartoon Saloon
Thank you for being sane.
Thank you, fellow furries, for being calmer and more open minded than the nonfurry GSM community. I need a place where I can just be, and not find people arguing over stupid labels.
submitted by strikes_from_the_sun[link] [47 comments]
Auction for some fursuit parts.
They're up for sale to recover the money I lost from a canceled fursuit commission. Check out the details on the furbuy page! http://www.furbuy.com/auctions/1057294.html
submitted by TasoRooikat[link] [comment]
Studio Killers Kickstarter!
Please we must make this happen! Studio Killers live tour needs to be a thing!