Sol, I'd like to confirm your analysis. I switched from ReCaptcha to QuestyCaptcha with a custom question <http://www.pwsnotes.org/Special:RecentChanges?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Special:RecentChanges> and have seen no further spam.
So, it looks like someone has programmed a MediaWiki/ConfirmEdit-focused spambot that can defeat SimpleCatcha (simple math problems) and -- shockingly -- ReCaptcha. But not that they're using human beings to do the spamming. So, QuestyCaptcha, for now, still works well. -- Dan Kohn <mailto:[email protected]> tel:+1-646-833-8291 On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Sol Invictus <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think that's the case; my logs show pretty much instant data > entry. They must have found some way to break the service itself. I > switched to Questy with some simple things like "type the word X" or > "sum(2,3)" and it seems to be blocking them all so far. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Dan Kohn <[email protected]> wrote: >> My www.PWSNotes.org MediaWiki site, which I've operated since 2004, >> has been overrun with spam in the last month. I used Nuke to clean it >> up. Unfortunately, neither ConfirmEdit with ReCaptcha nor >> SpamBlacklist is stopping the spammers. I interpret this as meaning >> that real people are doing the spamming. I just installed >> ConfirmAccount, which I expect should bring the spam to an end, at the >> unfortunate cost of making it harder for new people to contribute to >> our community. >> >> Bummer. >> -- >> Dan Kohn <mailto:[email protected]> >> tel:+1-646-833-8291 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
