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		<title>WordPress blog hacked: What to do, now?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nasty hacker has taught a lesson to research scientist David Pennock. The lesson is that our WordPress blogs are not secure, and we should be pro-active in reinforcing their line of defense. David Pennock&#8217;s post describing how his blog &#8230; <a href="http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/06/23/wordpress-blog-hacked/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A nasty hacker has taught a lesson to research scientist David Pennock. The lesson is that <strong>our WordPress blogs are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ocFirjxTOk">not secure</a></strong>, and we should <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-sites-been-hacked-now-what.html">be pro-active in reinforcing their line of defense</a>. <a title="Recovering from swineâ€™s infection (my blog, that is) " href="http://blog.oddhead.com/2009/06/22/un-hacking-my-blog/"><strong>David Pennock&#8217;s post describing how his blog was hacked</strong> is worth reading</a> if you own a <a href="http://wordpress.org/">self-hosted WordPress blog</a>. Here are the external links he points to:</p>
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<li><a href="http://jasoncosper.com/archives/wordpress-remvphp-and-you/">WordPress, remv.php and you</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/3-must-apply-security-tips-for-wordpress/">3 must apply security tips for WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress">Hardening WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/5-plugins-to-keep-wordpress-secure/">5 plugins to keep WordPress secure</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jaredwsmith.com/2009/02/15/anatomy-of-a-wordpress-hack/">Anatomy of a WordPress hack</a> (â€The kicker? All these sites were on Dreamhost.â€)</li>
<li><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/did-your-wordpress-site-get-hacked/">Did your WordPress site get hacked?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Troubleshooting_Hacked_Sites">DreamHost: Troubleshooting hacked sites</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2009/05/30/dealing-with-a-hacker-on-dreamhost">Dealing with a hacker on DreamHost</a></li>
<li><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Feeds">Docs on WordPress feeds</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/rewriterule-viewer-plugin.html">AskApache plugin to display all the internal WordPress URL rewrite rules</a> (<a href="http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/redirecting-wordpress-feeds-to-feedburner.html">example use</a>) (I couldnâ€™t discern how to interpret the output)</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/">WordPress exploit scanner plugin</a> (I didnâ€™t use after <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/265783">this question</a> spooked me)</li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secure-wordpress/">Secure WordPress plugin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/htaccess-password-protect.html">AskApache password protect plugin</a></li>
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<p>There is one thing that our Yahoo! fanboy (<a title="Thank you Bangalore " href="http://blog.oddhead.com/2009/06/17/thank-you-bangalore/">who is now a &#8220;rock star&#8221; in India</a>) didn&#8217;t tell his readers, though. <strong><a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/">Google Webmaster Tool</a> is a great way to:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hacked-site-alerts/">get warned about whether your site is vulnerable to hacking</a>;</li>
<li>tell you the problems Google encountered when spidering your site;</li>
<li>re-include your site in the Google index after your blog has been hacked and you&#8217;ve cleaned it to the bones;</li>
<li>and the cherry on the cake is that Google Webmaster Tool will store the warning messages for you even if you&#8217;re not yet registered with them.</li>
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<p>Our Yahoo! fanboy will never tell his readers that <a href="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! Site Explorer</a> is much, much inferior to Google Webmaster Tool. Only Midas Oracle tells you the truth, folks. <img src='http://www.midasoracle.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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