Large-scale attack on WordPress

[Usman]

Quote:According to various reports, in the past few days a number of websites created using WordPress have been hacked. While the attack initially appeared to be limited to web sites hosted by American ISP DreamHost, it has since become apparent that blogs hosted at GoDaddy, Bluehost and Media Temple have also been affected. Unconfirmed reports by WPSecurityLock suggest that other PHP-based management systems, such as the Zen Cart eCommerce solution, have also been targeted...

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Make sure your WP installation is up-to-date. It's always a good idea to keep your own Backup (Database and files).

[Scott]

Thanks, Usman for this information.

And he gives solid advice. You can use Softaculous to backup and install an updated version of most of the popular scripts including WordPress in just a few clicks. And always store your own OFFLINE backups.

[Hawk]

Thanks for that post Usman. It finally inspired me to get off my butt and update the two forums I run.