Wordpress Hack Terrifies Webmasters
Reports about a Wordpress hack affecting self-hosted Wordpress blogs have appeared on the Internet in March. The hack seems to affect Wordpress 2.9.2, the latest version of the blogging platform.
To make matters worse there seem to be two – possibly unrelated – issues that webmasters experience. One is a malware attack that is spreading malware on hacked blogs while the other is making use of cloaking techniques to serve a different version of the blog to search engine spiders than to regular visitors and admins.
The cloaking hack appeared on radars in March when bloggers and hosters reported about compromised sites. Media Temple for instance stated on March 2nd that “a number of customer sites [..] have been compromisedâ€.
Reports about a Wordpress hack affecting self-hosted Wordpress blogs have appeared on the Internet in March. The hack seems to affect Wordpress 2.9.2, the latest version of the blogging platform.
To make matters worse there seem to be two – possibly unrelated – issues that webmasters experience. One is a malware attack that is spreading malware on hacked blogs while the other is making use of cloaking techniques to serve a different version of the blog to search engine spiders than to regular visitors and admins.
The cloaking hack appeared on radars in March when bloggers and hosters reported about compromised sites. Media Temple for instance stated on March 2nd that “a number of customer sites [..] have been compromisedâ€.
