Comments on: Wordpress Blog Hacked http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/ Internet Marketing And SEO From A Different Point Of View Sun, 11 May 2008 23:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: St Louis Missouri News http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-171302 St Louis Missouri News Fri, 09 May 2008 18:03:12 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-171302 We all have to be on the look out.. new hackers are born every day. Great post and reminded me to do more backups! lol Thanks We all have to be on the look out.. new hackers are born every day. Great post and reminded me to do more backups! lol

Thanks

]]> By: St Louis Missouri News http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-171294 St Louis Missouri News Fri, 09 May 2008 17:13:26 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-171294 Barry - Another great post. Its nice to read posts like this once in awhile to help keep us on track and protected. I do agree that the biggest security hole is the end users! lol Barry - Another great post. Its nice to read posts like this once in awhile to help keep us on track and protected. I do agree that the biggest security hole is the end users! lol

]]> By: ineedhits Online Marketing http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-171156 ineedhits Online Marketing Fri, 09 May 2008 02:59:52 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-171156 Matt's post gives some great tips to keep your install secure. If you follow them I think your installation should be pretty secure! Matt’s post gives some great tips to keep your install secure. If you follow them I think your installation should be pretty secure!

]]> By: XStrafer's WebPlace http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-171053 XStrafer's WebPlace Thu, 08 May 2008 18:46:55 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-171053 The biggest hole in web security is the user ;) The biggest hole in web security is the user ;)

]]> By: Properties in Spain http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-170734 Properties in Spain Wed, 07 May 2008 11:47:23 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-170734 Thanks for the informations Barry. We just had to fight a hack-attack of a (well, we guess) competitor in the spanish real estate market. Anybody experiences with these kind of problems with Drupal? Best regards from Spain Thanks for the informations Barry. We just had to fight a hack-attack of a (well, we guess) competitor in the spanish real estate market. Anybody experiences with these kind of problems with Drupal?
Best regards from Spain

]]> By: Mark Blaszczyk http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-169600 Mark Blaszczyk Sun, 04 May 2008 15:55:37 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-169600 I always skim through any PHP code I come by before i place them on my webservers, for those who don't have any programming background then it is always good to keep in touch with security websites, and subscribe to the PHP authors mailing lists/RSS feeds for newer versions. I always skim through any PHP code I come by before i place them on my webservers, for those who don’t have any programming background then it is always good to keep in touch with security websites, and subscribe to the PHP authors mailing lists/RSS feeds for newer versions.

]]> By: Annie Maloney | Sevierville Realtor http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-168410 Annie Maloney | Sevierville Realtor Thu, 01 May 2008 12:04:24 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-168410 When I first started in Real Estate I had a WordPress blog that I used quite frequently. At the time I was completely ignorant to most, if not all, SEO. Well, it got hacked. After about 6 months I joined a forum and quickly learned from some of the other members that there was all kind of hidden text and keyword stuffing in my cached snapshot of just the text on my blog. I had been hacked and was essentailly advertising for all kinds of lovely stuff like "Pe_n_s Enlargement" and other misc. things. It took a little while to clean up. I am just glad that it happened to me in the very early stages of my social media campaign. Now I know what to look for and tend to be in defense mode most of the time. I guess you have to be.... When I first started in Real Estate I had a WordPress blog that I used quite frequently. At the time I was completely ignorant to most, if not all, SEO. Well, it got hacked. After about 6 months I joined a forum and quickly learned from some of the other members that there was all kind of hidden text and keyword stuffing in my cached snapshot of just the text on my blog. I had been hacked and was essentailly advertising for all kinds of lovely stuff like “Pe_n_s Enlargement” and other misc. things. It took a little while to clean up. I am just glad that it happened to me in the very early stages of my social media campaign. Now I know what to look for and tend to be in defense mode most of the time. I guess you have to be….

]]> By: Cindy http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-159977 Cindy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:16:37 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-159977 I agree with the latest update. You should always upgrade no mater what script you are using. However there are hacking groups able to get in no mater what latest version script you have. I run a great deal of security for my servers and still from time to time get hacked. The biggest tool you have is to always back up your data. I generally perform nightly backups just for this reason. Unfortunately it is a necessary evil. No mater what script you run hackers are waiting. The more popular the better! BACK IT UP! I agree with the latest update. You should always upgrade no mater what script you are using. However there are hacking groups able to get in no mater what latest version script you have. I run a great deal of security for my servers and still from time to time get hacked. The biggest tool you have is to always back up your data. I generally perform nightly backups just for this reason. Unfortunately it is a necessary evil. No mater what script you run hackers are waiting. The more popular the better! BACK IT UP!

]]> By: An Old WordPress Version Can Get You Banned In Google http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-147724 An Old WordPress Version Can Get You Banned In Google Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:08:13 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-147724 [...] BPWrap [...] [...] BPWrap [...]

]]> By: Guarding Your Wordpress Blog | Shaun Low http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-144068 Guarding Your Wordpress Blog | Shaun Low Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:26:10 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-144068 [...] even though some seem unaware it has happened. If you have not yet read the first article, Wordpress Blog Hacked, you may find it useful to do so before reading this follow-on article. However it is not required [...] [...] even though some seem unaware it has happened. If you have not yet read the first article, Wordpress Blog Hacked, you may find it useful to do so before reading this follow-on article. However it is not required [...]

]]> By: Barry Welford http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-143255 Barry Welford Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:56:30 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-143255 Thanks for that reference, Stephan. I think that is only one of the many ways that hackers get into WordPress blogs. Vigilance is the watchword. Thanks for that reference, Stephan. I think that is only one of the many ways that hackers get into WordPress blogs. Vigilance is the watchword.

]]> By: Stephan Miller http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-143242 Stephan Miller Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:41:20 +0000 http://blog.cre8asite.net/bwelford/2008/02/wordpress-blog-hacked/#comment-143242 Thanks for the link Barry. The main culprit in my blog and a few others was a Wordpress forum plugin that allowed the hacker in, specifically Refresh from Georgia. There is only about 2000 some results for his name in Google now. At one time there was over 200,000. It was a massive amount. I linked to the details. Thanks for the link Barry. The main culprit in my blog and a few others was a Wordpress forum plugin that allowed the hacker in, specifically Refresh from Georgia. There is only about 2000 some results for his name in Google now. At one time there was over 200,000. It was a massive amount. I linked to the details.

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