WordPress malware spreading —Sophos

WordPress users, watch out: a new malware is now injecting itself into WordPress installations. Computer security firm Sophos said the virus “Mal/Badsrc-C” is found in the file index.html, planted in such a way it would show itself only on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. “This hack appears to be widespread and…

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Unpatched WordPress blogs distribute malware

WordPress bloggers have a reason to be a little happier in the world with the introduction of its latest version, WordPress 3.2, which comes with a much steeper security update than previous versions. But Chester Wisniewski, of the security site Sophos, still cautions that, “As big a step forward as this is,…

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