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WordPress Automatic Update Compromises 1,000+ Sites

Brett Bumeter — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:16:15 +0000

More than 1,000 WordPress blogs have been modified to redirect visitors to sites serving malware, affiliate and pay-per-click redirectors, and low quality PPC search result aggregators, through the WordPress' automatic update feature. The individuals behind the attack have discovered how to add the malicious code to the update.php file, which prompts WordPress to update. This code then injects other code in the wp-settings.PHP file, and effects the redirects. The update.php file contains the "wp_update_core" function, which is used by the WordPress Automatic Update feature, says Sinegubko. commentary:

For years web developers and WordPress developers will told the world and their clients if you want to keep your site secure, you need to keep it updated. The best (easiest) way to do that is simply to run auto updates (within reason) when they come available.

The most common WordPress updates, WordPress theme updates and WordPress plugin updates are security updates. Someone finds a weakness, reports it and the developer or community jumps in and fixes it.

Ergo if you auto updated a plugin you were putting in a security patch typically.

Hackers however figured that out too and also discovered that...

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Interactive Writing Plugins InboundWriter & ScribeSEO Part 1 – YouTube

Brett Bumeter — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:57:25 +0000

Interactive Writing Plugins InboundWriter and ScribeSEO WordCamp Atlanta 2012 Brett Bumeter Interactive Writing Plugin presentation commentary:

This video is part 1 of a multi part series covering SEO Copywriting plugins and tools for writers using the WordPress content management system.

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WordPress security update patches external libraries, several vulnerabilities | ITworld

Brett Bumeter — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:53 +0000

April 23, 2012, 12:32 PM —The WordPress development team released WordPress 3.3.2 on Friday in order to address several vulnerabilities in the popular blogging platform as well as in three external libraries that are bundled with it by default. Three media-handling libraries were updated and three native vulnerabilities were fixed in WordPress 3.3.2 The new WordPress version updates the bundled Plupload library to version 1.5.4 after its developers patched a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability last week. commentary:

With the new security updates for WordPress, WordPress users should also pay attention to auto updates for plugins and their themes. StudioPress just released Genesis 1.8.1 updating Genesis 1.8.0 for example. Do upgrade your plugins along with WordPress to keep your site safe!

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Brett Bumeter — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:08:08 +0000

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Deleting WordPress Tag Creates 404 Error – Watch Out!

Brett Bumeter — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:36:33 +0000

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Quick WordPress Tip about deleted Tags Creating 404 errors in Google Webmaster Tools

If you delete a wordpress tag, it will create a 404 error if a visitor or possibly as important, Google Bot comes through to re-index your site.

Sure you can redirect that deleted tag link, but if you later create it again on the fly with a new post, your redirection will drive people away from the tag.

Solution – Don’t Delete WordPress Tags!

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Good Picture Trumps Good Content-Exception Proves the Rule

Brett Bumeter — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:32:46 +0000

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Fast Company recently repurposed some good content about ad money. The original content was relatively boring, and as displayed in an informational teaser on the original site of Outsell, where they are essentially trying to sell a research report, one has to wonder how or if Outsell will stay in business.

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Centralized Social Network Participation May Kill Your Content

Brett Bumeter — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:29:00 +0000

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On April Fool’s Day, Izea will be shutting down their forums. The forums were setup back in September of 2006 just a few months after the company launched and served as the primary social networking platform for the first couple years.

Important Boards Information- PLEASE READ

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Tweexchange – Almost Useful for Searching out a Domain Name and a Twitter User Name at the Same Time

Brett Bumeter — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:29:00 +0000

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Blast Applications BLAP Launches Tweexchange.com

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If Googling Something is To Difficult, You Can Hashtag a keyword on Twitter and get an Ad Served to you too!???

Brett Bumeter — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:57:00 +0000

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Blast Applications BLAP Launches Twuition.com

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How to Delete Mass direct messages in Twitter – $6 bucks a pop

Brett Bumeter — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:52:00 +0000

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