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Help, my WordPress blog is giving a virus warning!

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Owen

I got called in to resolve an issue on a WordPress blog today. On the surface it looked as if the administration side of the site had broken, but the real cause turned out to be much darker than that. … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.6.1 Exploit: Upgrade to avoid hack

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Owen

I was reading around today after cleaning up a website that got hacked when I saw an example of a vulnerability that exists in WordPress 2.6.1 The security hole is this: Imagine a blog site using wordpress 2.6.1 and its … Continue reading →

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