Posted as a public service announcement …<\/p>\n
So I’ve been noticing more and more trackback spam with a random number and the words “Blog Verification.” It’s getting now so that I’m getting them for pretty much every post I put up.<\/p>\n
SpamLookup in MT catches them just fine, since the domain IP doesn’t match the ping IP. I was a scosh worried because the domain IP was showing up associated with a trackback CGI from my own site, but a Google search on this particular issue, plus looking at these guys, convinces me they’re spam.<\/p>\n
Alas, the ping IP is either spoofed or being cycled through quickly, because there’s nothing consistent I can block. They also point to multiple major sources.<\/p>\n
Annoying, but currently under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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