WordPress Blog being Hacked?

Hackers strike back sites using the WordPress platform. The attack this time affects websites that are stored in a variety of hosting providers including Dreamhost, GoDaddy, Bluehost, and Media Temple.

In addition, PHP-based content management systems such as Zen Cart eCommerce has also been targeted by cyber attacks.

“The websites were hacked seems to have been possessed by a script that will install malware on a user’s system,” said David Dede, security experts from Security Sucuri, as quoted by TG Daily, Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

In addition, Dede said, the script is included as well to prevent browsers like Firefox and Chrome, which has a safe browsing facilities to notify the user that there is danger on the site concerned.

“When the Google search bots find pages that have been possessed by the script, the page is responding to Google by providing code that is not dangerous,” said Dede.

In his blog, David Dede has been providing cleaning solutions for your website has been contaminated with dangerous script.

“It should be noted, we do not blame WordPress here. If the problem is on WordPress, the number of infected sites would be much greater, “said Dede.

Dede says, the possibility of infection entering from the security hole is in a plugin. Or it could be someone managed to steal a lot of the admin password to a WordPress-based site.

“In addition, sites that are hacked are in shared hosts, so far no one in private servers,” said Dede. “So, the problem is not in the company’s hosting provider. To be sure, one similarity is that all sites that were attacked are in a shared server, “said Dede.