2718.us blog » false alarm http://2718.us/blog Miscellaneous Technological Geekery Tue, 18 May 2010 02:42:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Matt (yes, that Matt) on WordPress Security http://2718.us/blog/2008/04/14/matt-yes-that-matt-on-wordpress-security/ http://2718.us/blog/2008/04/14/matt-yes-that-matt-on-wordpress-security/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:28:56 +0000 2718.us http://2718.us/blog/?p=19 Even though the post title and first paragraph are about calling out a sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing alert, most of his post is good stuff on WordPress, with lots of links.

… there is a wave of attacks going around targeting old WordPress blogs, particularly those on the 2.1 or 2.2 branch. They’re exploiting problems that have been fixed for a year or more. This typically manifests itself through hidden spam being put on your site, either in the post or in a directory, and people notice when they get dropped from Google.

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