Comments on: A Long Morning Thanks to WordPress Hack

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:27:51 +0000

PPC – yes. .cn has a lot of problems like this because of lax regulation and dirt cheap pricing.

I don’t believe this was a password issue.

By: ppc.bz

ppc.bz — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:26:18 +0000

I had the same thing happen recently (and is still happening in some instances) I blame it on a rootkit / malware that managed to get my passwords for a lot of stuff via Outlook.

After spending a day repairing all of my sites I got rid of the problem, but what a pain in the ass.

The exploit iframed a .cn site correct?

By: Wordpress Security Tips

Wordpress Security Tips — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:08:37 +0000

[...] at dnw.com had his Wordpress hacked recently. I noticed it at around 5am EST and tried to contact Andrew to let him know, without success. [...]

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:09:15 +0000

Blogspot is hosted, so they patch it themselves. But I wouldn’t recommend a hosted solution.

By: Hanes

Hanes — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:55:02 +0000

Any idea about blogspot ?
Does blogspot has such security problems ?

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:54:36 +0000

Thanks Owen. The plugin you refer to is no longer supported. Have you tried it with WP 2.71? Does it work?

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:28:43 +0000

Own, you should be fine as long as you have anti virus installed.