Comments on: Older Versions of WordPress Hacked

By: El Nino

El Nino — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:23:09 +0000

Hmm.. nice article and my friend had same problem as Maine Outdoors Today.
Just google “eobandung” and its look similar case with Maine Outdoors. Now he was looking for inserted dangerous code that was “frame” or “iframe”.

I got alert like this when trying to open his site:
s5.tinypic[dot]com/1607ouh.jpg

By: RaiulBaztepo

RaiulBaztepo — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:42:05 +0000

Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo

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By: Hunter

Hunter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:53:33 +0000

Time to update your wordpress! It’s just good practice to stay on the latest version.

By: Marius

Marius — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:09:38 +0000

And many people are not updating Wordpress because they don’t know if the theme they use will work or not with the new version. I know this is a huge problem for me, especially if is a custom theme I paid for.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:59 +0000

Justin, WordPress telling folks their versions are out of date is a relatively recent thing. There are still a ton of installations out there that are old enough they don’t do that for them yet.

Even though the one-click upgrades such as with Fantastico are much easier, it is still possible for folks to really mess things up with them.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:12:57 +0000

I hear you! Too many people just setup their blog and do not bother with the updates. Wordpress even shows you if you’re not using the latest version. I think many blogs were installed by some control panel app and until that app is updated non-technical folks do not know how to properly upgrade their site.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:54:45 +0000

Airsoft, Yeah it’s a real problem. I just had a conversation with another friend this AM who had 2 blogs hacked with malicious code inserted.

Keep those WordPress blogs updated!!!

By: Airsoft Rifles

Airsoft Rifles — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:13:52 +0000

I tried to go to that Maine Outdoors site, and not only did Google block it, but my own browser blocked it; it was actually somewhat difficult to finally get in. Most people wouldn’t go as far as me, however, so the traffic for that site is probably destroyed. Damn hackers, they are too malicious!