Posted on 12/15/14, the news items reads: "About 100,000 or more websites running the WordPress content management system have been compromised by mysterious malware that turns the infected sites into attack platforms that can target visitors, security researchers said."
I found malware on one of my Wordpress sites by using the website checker at http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/ and then loaded the plugin Wordfence and scanned. My infection appeared to be in the footer files for each theme but I did not have the slider mentioned in some articles.
Using the free plugin, I also watched as a site in China and one in Russia attempted to access some non-existent files on my site. I added blocks to who blocks of IP addresses at the present time, until this gets shut down.
If you are running ANY version of Wordpress, I suggest you get to work checking them now!
I found malware on one of my Wordpress sites by using the website checker at http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/ and then loaded the plugin Wordfence and scanned. My infection appeared to be in the footer files for each theme but I did not have the slider mentioned in some articles.
Using the free plugin, I also watched as a site in China and one in Russia attempted to access some non-existent files on my site. I added blocks to who blocks of IP addresses at the present time, until this gets shut down.
If you are running ANY version of Wordpress, I suggest you get to work checking them now!
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