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Early this morning, we received reports that WordPress blogs were hacked on Linux shared-hosting at DreamHost, as well as other hosting companies. This is dangerous scareware which tries to install a virus on your visitor's computer. WordPress, Zencart and other php-based platforms were hit. Our … Read more about Breaking News: WordPress Hacked with Zettapetta on DreamHost
We've just received word that websites were maliciously hacked on shared hosting at NetworkSolutions today. WordPress sites were hacked, as well as other CMS systems. This attack is affecting the cgi-bin directory. It creates or modifies a .htaccess file that loads new php files. The php.ini file is … Read more about Breaking News! WordPress Hacked on Network Solutions
Currently, WordPress works on both PHP 4 and PHP 5 based platforms. However, soon WordPress will not longer support PHP 4. As you're probably aware WordPress 3.0 is soon to be released to the public. It has been said that many features will be coded to run in PHP 5 only. Some existing features, such … Read more about How to Upgrade from PHP 4.x to PHP 5.x at Go Daddy
WordPress blogs hosted on Go Daddy and other hosting companies were hacked by another malicious attack on April 24, 2010 at 6:54am. What was visible in the source code was This is dangerous malware! It tries to infect your visitors computers with a virus. If a visitor is not protected with a … Read more about Cechirecom.com.js.php – WordPress Hacked | Case Study
Want to know why WordPress security is so important? If you're self-hosting WordPress, then listen to our Radio Interview on Night Cap with Larry & Kelli, which aired on BlogTalkRadio April 22, 2010. We discussed our WordPress Security Services, why malicious hackers hack, the roadmaps that … Read more about WordPress Security Radio Interview at Night Cap
The last two WordPress websites that we dehacked, infected with the Ninoplas Base64 malware, were both hosted at *Godaddy with many similarities. How to remove the Ninoplas Base64 virus? This can be done by using the Godaddy's Linux hosting restore feature. On average, it takes around 14 to 20 … Read more about Ninoplas Base64 WordPress Hacked on Godaddy | Case Study
Over the last couple of week, many WordPress websites hosted at Network Solutions were attacked with malicious code. Now, it's happening again. But...it's not just affecting sites running WordPress, it's also infecting Joomla and HTML sites too. According to stopmalvertising.com, this malicious … Read more about WordPress Blogs Hacked Again iframe Corpadsinc – Network Solutions
More and more, I hear people blaming WordPress and/or hosting companies for their websites being compromised. Some have valid points and others have not taken the security measure necessary to protect themselves. But...who's responsible for your website's security? Ultimately, it's you! You own the … Read more about Who’s Responsible for Your WordPress Security?