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Dev Blog: Save the Date: May 27
April 25th, 2013 |
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What’s on May 27, you ask? May 27, 2013 is the 10th anniversary of the first WordPress release ! We think this is worth celebrating, and we want WordPress fans all over the world to celebrate with us by throwing their own parties. We’re using Meetup Everywhere to coordinate, and will be putting up a website just for the 10th Anniversary so that we can collect photos, videos, tweets, and posts from all the parties.
6Scan Sees Surge of Malicious Attempts During WordPress Attack
April 19th, 2013 |
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Website monitoring and security provider 6Scan announced on Thursday its free service is helping web hosts protect customers against the widespread WordPress attack , which is estimated to have infected approximately 100,000 websites so far.
UGG blog used to fleece HSBC customers
April 17th, 2013 |
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Hot on the heels of recent WordPress attacks, Netcraft has found a phishing attack which uses a script hosted on the official UGG blog at blog.uggaustralia.com. UGG — famous for its sheepskin boots — hosts its WordPress blog with Media Temple but its … See all stories on this topic »
Huge Botnet Attack Targets WordPress Sites
April 17th, 2013 |
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Hackers have reportedly initiated a widespread attack on sites that use the WordPress publishing platform. Hosts using particularly weak passwords are being told to change those passwords or risk having their sites taken over. The hacking campaign ..
Tactics of WordPress attackers similar to bank assaults
April 16th, 2013 |
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Cybercriminals are attacking servers hosting WordPress sites in an attempt to build a potent botnet that would be eerily similar to one used last year to attack major U.S. financial institutions. The motives of the latest attackers is not known …
WordPress botnet attack could pave way for larger site takedowns
April 16th, 2013 |
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The fallout from the Wordpress cyber attack could have far-reaching repercussions, as security experts fear the perpetrators could seize on compromised accounts to spread malicious material. The blogging platform has reportedly been hit by a “brute … See all stories on this topic » IT PRO
WordPress Sites Under Massive Password-Guessing Attack
April 16th, 2013 |
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As a popular way to create blogs, news portals and corporate sites, the WordPress content-management software is naturally a focus of attackers. But attackers ratcheted up the malicious attention last week when they launched a large password-guessing … See all stories on this topic » eWeek
Hackers Using Brute-Force Attacks to Harvest WordPress Sites …
April 16th, 2013 |
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Hackers are using brute-force attacks against WordPress sites with weak log-in credentials to build a botnet.
WordPress hit by massive botnet attack
April 15th, 2013 |
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Wordpress and its 64 million blogs are currently under attack by a botnet 'tens of thousands' of computers strong. Your many and varied musings on the world around you are most at risk if you've kept your Wordpress blog username as 'admin', as the … See all stories on this topic » TechRadar UK
Admin password spells trouble in recent WordPress attacks
April 15th, 2013 |
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(Phys.org) —Sources from several Web hosting services this week raised an all-out alert: WordPress was under attack with at least 90,000 IP addresses involved to brute-force crack credentials of WordPress sites. The attacks, they said, are worrying in …
Massive botnet using brute force attack to target WordPress sites …
April 14th, 2013 |
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A huge network of over 90000 IP addresses has been targeting WordPress blog installations with a brute force attack, attempting to gain access by using the default “admin” username by trying…
Brute Force Attack Targets WordPress Sites With Default Admin Username
April 13th, 2013 |
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A day on the internet wouldn't be complete without news of a major hacking event.
Hackers Point Large Botnet At WordPress Sites To Steal Admin Passwords
April 13th, 2013 |
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If you're running a WordPress site, now would be a good time to ensure you are using very strong passwords and to make sure your username is not “admin.” According to reports from HostGator and CloudFlare, there is currently a significant attack being … See all stories on this topic »
WordPress admin accounts target of botnet attacks
April 12th, 2013 |
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Hackers are targeting major blogging platform WordPress using a botnet aimed at stealing login credentials for admin-level accounts. Those who use WordPress to run the back-end of their blogs may want to pay close attention to their accounts
Go Daddy Joomla, WordPress Hosting Customers See Spotty Admin Access
April 12th, 2013 |
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According to Go Daddy, the issue of accessibility of admin pages for WordPress and Joomla customers started on Thursday, and it continues to mitigate an Internet-wide attack attempting to gain access to its customers' websites.
Greater Security with Two Step Authentication — Blog — WordPress …
April 9th, 2013 |
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How To Create A Tab Widget In WordPress | Smashing WordPress
April 7th, 2013 |
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Learn how to build a flexible tab widget for WordPress to help save space in the sidebar – awesome technique for streamlining your content.
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