When you first install WordPress or upload any files using an FTP Client, such as FileZilla, it's more secure to connect via SFTP. Why upload WordPress files using SFTP? The majority of FTP Client users connect to their server via FTP. Unfortunately, using this method uploads your files in … Read more about How to Upload WordPress Files Securely with SFTP
Fantastico Security Vulnerabilities When installing WordPress on your own domain, avoid using auto installers that come with your hosting account, such as Fantastico. Auto installation scripts come with security risks. Avoid unnecessary security vulnerabilities and malicious hackers by doing a … Read more about WordPress Security Risks Using Auto Installers Like Fantastico
Password cracking is a common practice malicious hackers (aka crackers) use to break into WordPress blogs. They use password cracking scripts that repeatedly try to guess your password. Once their nasty script is successful, they gain unauthorized access to your WordPress administrative Dashboard … Read more about WordPress Security: How to Generate & Store Strong Passwords
We recently got numerous reports that people who had sites that were hosted with several hosting networks got hacked by a “Bulk Injection” and are now being infected. People who got infected before were told by one of the hosting providers to change their cPanel/FTP password, because they suspected … Read more about BlueHost, GoDaddy, and Other Network Providers get Targeted with Bulk Injection Hack
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
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
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
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