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Security Upgrade for WordPress Blogs with Open User Registration—WordPress 2.6.2

Sep 9

The folks at WordPress just released the 2.6.2 security update, that protects from a susceptibility in all PHP programs, SQL Column Truncation, which could allow malicious hackers to reset other users’ accounts. If you allow open user registration on your WordPress-powered blog, then this is a mandatory upgrade. If registration is closed, then you don’t [...]

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WordPress Urgent Security Update: Older Version, WP 2.3.2 is Vulnerable to Spam Attacks

Aug 4

It appears that many WordPress-powered sites across the net are still running an older version of the software that has become vulnerable to security issues. I’ve personally seen this issue crop up when I’ve clicked through on the titles of a few RSS feeds that pointed to spam links, not the originating blog. If you’re [...]

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