ATTN: Mass Wordpress Hack
His GoDaddy-hosted Wordpress was redirecting users to malware.
An attack had compromised every .php file on his server and injected a snippet at the top which would forcefully redirect or display a pop-up of a malware site which would immediately attempt to compromise the victims computer.
GoDaddy has blamed outdated Wordpress installations as the cause of the hack but the same attack has been encountered on several other platforms, besides Wordpress. The attack has hit other hosting providers as well, not just GoDaddy.
Please check your Wordpress installations make sure everything is running normally. Any sudden changes in search engine ranking, affiliate commissions, etc should be looked into. Google will remove known malware sites from search rankings as far as I can remember.
- Update your Wordpress installations!
- Use strong passwords
- Use strong database passwords
- DO NOT USE 777 for permissions on your server.
Peace
Sal
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