On June 8, 2010 at approximately 3pm EST self-hosted WordPress blogs, along with other PHP based websites started getting attacked with cloudisthebestnow malware. This is a server-side hacker attack. We have confirmed reports of hacked websites hosted at Go Daddy again. However, other hosting … Read more about News: WordPress Hacked with cloudisthebestnow on Go Daddy
Breaking News: WordPress Hacked with losotrana on Go Daddy
Reports of WordPress blogs self-hosted at GoDaddy.com and have been infected with the losotrana[dot]com/js.php on Monday, May 17, 2010 and Thursday, May 20, 2010. Warning: This is dangerous malware! This scareware injection tries to infect your site visitor's computer. If your visitors do not have … Read more about Breaking News: WordPress Hacked with losotrana on Go Daddy
Spam Links Infect WordPress Websites
Recent reports of yet another type of malicious hacker attacks have come to light. If you're self-hosting WordPress or any other type of website, you need to check your websites now for a hidden directory. A directory named ".files" has been found on numerous sites that contain spam links. David … Read more about Spam Links Infect WordPress Websites
Go Daddy Investigates WordPress Attacks and Reaches Out to Customers
Self-hosted WordPress websites have been repeatedly hacked on a number of major hosting companies. These malicious hackers have crippled thousands of websites and left a trail of destruction across the Internet. Infectious code has been injected on both WordPress blogs and numerous PHP-based … Read more about Go Daddy Investigates WordPress Attacks and Reaches Out to Customers
Breaking News: WordPress Hacked with holasionweb on Go Daddy!
WordPress sites self-hosted on GoDaddy.com are reporting being maliciously hacked today with <script src="http:// holasionweb .com/ oo .php"></script>! (Note: We have added spaces in the URL on purpose.) Warning: This is dangerous malware! Anyone visiting an infected website can get … Read more about Breaking News: WordPress Hacked with holasionweb on Go Daddy!
Twitter Just Hacked? Removed Followers and Following to 0
Although this is not a WordPress issue, we want to inform our readers about a hacker attack on Twitter today. Breaking News: Twitter Hacked by #TurkishHacker? On Monday, May 10, 2010, we noticed several tweets to the hashtag of #TurkishHacker. These indicated that a malicious hacker has hacked … Read more about Twitter Just Hacked? Removed Followers and Following to 0
Exploit on WordPress Returns – Go Daddy Responds!
Go Daddy continues to work around-the-clock to investigate the latest website attacks and to keep your website safe. They have added new help guides and tutorials for webmasters and are reaching out to their customers through emails and telephone calls. In addition, on May 5, 2010 Scott Gerlach, … Read more about Exploit on WordPress Returns – Go Daddy Responds!