September 5, 2009

Mashable: WordPress Attack Underway: WordPress Users Must Upgrade [ALERT]

I’m glad I subscribe to Mashable’s feed; nice heads up guys!

The warning comes from Lorelle on WordPress after it was discovered that a nasty attack is exploiting security holes in previous versions of the blogging software, creating a new “hidden” Administrator account and getting right down to the database level. These attacks are said to be “growing by the hour”. Lorelle writes:

Mashable: WordPress Attack Underway: WordPress Users Must Upgrade [ALERT].

Annoying, yes; but necessary when you wanna use WordPress.

Upgrade Now. Read the post. Pull hair out later.

Peace, Love & Prosperity..
tecHead

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