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Worm attacks WordPress blog software

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Justin, Sep 8, 2009.

  1. Justin Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,595

    Serving as a stern reminder of why it's important to keep desktop as well as server software up to date, a new worm can reportedly infect certain versions of the WordPress blog software. WordPress announced the discovery today, saying that a security bug which has already been fixed is now being exploited in the wild.

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    Justin, Sep 8, 2009
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  2. JDoors Newcomer, in training Posts: 62

    A WordPress-driven blog I regularly visit came up with strange stuff a couple of days ago. I don't remember the details, but I was obviously in some private portion of the site. I reloaded, same thing, plus a few more oddities (overlays, rejiggered content, etc.). I had heard about this exploit and did not try again. It was back to normal the next day.
    JDoors, Sep 9, 2009
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