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Connect SFTP using FileZilla

January 10, 2011 By Regina Smola 15 Comments

How to Upload WordPress Files Securely with SFTP

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

Filed Under: WordPress Security Tips Tagged With: encrypt wordpress upoads, filezilla, how to upload wordpress files, how to upload wordpress files securely, how to wordpress, install wordpress with sftp, protect wp-config.php

January 7, 2011 By Regina Smola 39 Comments

WordPress Security Risks Using Auto Installers Like Fantastico

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

Filed Under: WordPress Security Tips Tagged With: auto installers, fantastico, Fantastico security vulnerabilities, how to wordpress, installing wordpress, security risks, simplescripts, softaculous

January 6, 2011 By Regina Smola 8 Comments

WordPress Security: How to Generate & Store Strong Passwords

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

Filed Under: WordPress Security Tips Tagged With: how to wordpress, password manager, passwords, security

Server

September 27, 2010 By Michael Schultz 13 Comments

BlueHost, GoDaddy, and Other Network Providers get Targeted with Bulk Injection Hack

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

Filed Under: Malware and Virus Alerts, Web Hosting Tagged With: bizland hacked, bluehost hacked, Dreamhost hacked, godaddy hacked, how to update wordpress, how to wordpress, websites hacked, wordpress upgrade

cloudisthebestnow hack on GoDaddy

June 9, 2010 By Regina Smola 21 Comments

News: WordPress Hacked with cloudisthebestnow on Go Daddy

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

Filed Under: Malware and Virus Alerts Tagged With: base64_decode, cloudisthebestnow, Go Daddy hacked again, godaddy hacked, how to fix hacked wordpress, how to wordpress, wordpress hacked

Wordpress Hacked at Godaddy with Losotrana

May 17, 2010 By Regina Smola

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

Filed Under: Malware and Virus Alerts Tagged With: base64_decode, how to fix hacked wordpress, how to wordpress, losotrana-com/js.php, mediatemple hacked, webguardyourpc hack, wordpress hacked

Spam Links Infect WordPress Sites

May 16, 2010 By Regina Smola Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Malware and Virus Alerts Tagged With: how to fix hacked wordpress, how to wordpress, search engine traffic spam links, seo spam links, spammy links, wordpress hacked

cloudisthebestnow hack on GoDaddy

May 16, 2010 By Regina Smola 5 Comments

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

Filed Under: Malware and Virus Alerts Tagged With: Go Daddy hacked, Go Daddy responds, how to fix hacked wordpress, how to wordpress, wordpress hacked on Go Daddy

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