The Wordpress developers have released version 2.8.5 of their popular blogging software. The version is considered a security upgrade and therefor mandatory for all Wordpress blog owners who run their own Wordpress blog (but not those running a blog at Wordpress.com). The developers are calling this released a hardening release as it tightens Wordpress security [...]
Lifestream Backup: Free 1 Year Accounts For Ghacks Readers
Most computer users know that regular data backups are important to be prepared when data on a computer system becomes corrupted. This can be due to hardware failures, human error or computer virus infections. Backups ensure that data can be recovered at anytime. Online services on the other hand are not usually integrated in backup [...]
Computer Worm Attacks Not Updated Wordpress Blogs
A computer worm is currently in the wild that is attacking unpatched Wordpress blogs. Unpatched meaning blogs that have not been updated by their administrators to the latest version of the popular blogging software. The worm exploits a security vulnerability in older versions of Wordpress to create a user account, make some changes to the [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Aug 26th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Do more with your Wordpress using the function reference
If you’ve been developing themes, or taking a go at modifying your own, chances are you’ve run into the Wordpress Template Tags page. This part of the Wordpress Codex lists numerous functions you can use to customize your themes quickly and easily, even if you’re just stepping into the wonderful world of modifying your blog, [...]
- Author: Orrett Morgan
- Published: Aug 15th, 2009
- Comments: 10
Best Wordpress Plugins
A few years ago when the name WordPress was mentioned, most people would not know what it was. But thanks to the popularity of blogging and “the new media” WordPress has become a well known name in the internet community. Other then the small blogs which use it, WordPress is also used on major sites [...]
Wordpress 2.8.4 Security Update
We noticed a security vulnerability in Wordpress 2.8.3 yesterday (and earlier versions as well) that allowed an attacker to reset passwords of users. While this vulnerability could not be exploited to gain access to the user account (unless access to the email account the password was send to was available as well) it could be [...]
Wordpress Remote Admin Password Reset Vulnerability
The password of my Wordpress admin account was not valid when I tried to login today. I first thought it was a problem with the LastPass password manager and tried to see if I was still logged into the service. When I checked my email inbox I noticed that I have received a new password [...]
