Mass infection of WordPress blogs at Network Solutions
David Dede Since yesterday we are seeing a large number of WordPress blogs (running the latest version 2.9.2) getting infected with malware. None of them are using…
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Removing Malware From a WordPress Blog – Case Study
Daniel Cid This post is very specific to one type of infection. There are many different types of WordPress infections and symptoms, do not be discouraged if…
WordPress <= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password
How to annoy a wordpress admin? By changing his password without confirmation… WordPress get_row($wpdb->prepare(“SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users WHEREuser_activation_key = %s”, $key)); if ( empty( $user…
Blog Security Stats – Taking almost 2k blogs to a security test
The goal of this research is to determine if bloggers are taking the security of their sites seriously. We focused on self-hosted WordPress blogs, since…
WordPress Hardening
This document is not the common step-by-step guide on how to protect your wordpress installation. A lot of sites cover that already, so I will…