{"id":6824,"date":"2009-02-04T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6824"},"modified":"2009-02-04T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T18:52:11","slug":"trulia-hacked-mehwordpress-security-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6824\/trulia-hacked-mehwordpress-security-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Trulia hacked, Meh..WordPress security again"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started talking about WordPress security after my blog was hacked<\/a>. It was not much fun admitting that it was, and it wasn’t fun cleaning it up. But it was a good opportunity to help everyone by letting them know what was up.<\/p>\n

Like Microsoft, WordPress’s popularity leads to a lot of people wanting to use it. A lot of people using it leads to a lot of other people wanting to abuse the people who use it.<\/p>\n

Many started speculating that Trulia got penalized by Google. I can understand why that might be a popular notion given some of their practices from the past, but in this case, one of the Dawgs uncovered the apparerent problem. HT to Eric Bramlett for the find.<\/a><\/p>\n

As Eric correctly pointed out when we started talking about WordPress security back in the day, the best thing to do is set a Google Alert, for site:mydomain.com +viagra (or +cialis and several other terms commonly used by these hackers). <\/p>\n

If someone has hacked your WP blog and inserted links to poker, porn and pharmaceuticals, you will then know it and can find the problem and take action by filing a reinclusion request.<\/p>\n

As Eric Bramlett points out, the team at Trulia should have this corrected shortly. (at least that’s how it typically works). This will be a pain for them, but a good opportunity to remind us all to stay secure out there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I started talking about WordPress security after my blog was hacked. It was not much fun admitting that it was, and it wasn’t fun cleaning it up. But it was a good opportunity to help everyone by letting them know what was up. 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