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The same project that led to the post Loading WordPress From index.php involved cleaning up after a hacking incident. In fact, that’s what the initial work order was for.
This blog was hit recently by the same attack that has been in the news for the last few days. Lorelle on Wordpress wrote some things about [...]
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The last few days have seen a rash of hacker attacks on WordPress blogs, with isolated reports going back a month or more. Without exception, as far as I can tell, the successful attacks were on blogs running outdated older versions of WordPress. The latest exploits involve hidden admin users and permalinks polluted with javascript [...]
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A number of people have asked me for some more detail on how to implement some of the suggestions I made in this post. So, here is the first in the series of in-depth tutorials on how to better secure your WordPress blog.
It’s important to secure your WordPress blog. We’re bombarded daily with tales of [...]
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DANGER! WARNING! DISASTER IS COMING!
YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG IS VULNERABLE!
The simple fact is that despite the scare tactics, it’s extremely unlikely that your WordPress blog is going to be the victim of an attack. Even if it is, if you use some common sense, it won’t be a complete disaster. The world won’t end. The sky [...]
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