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Massive Number of GoDaddy WordPress Blogs Hacked

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sucks-to-be-them dept.

A nasty little exploit has hit a large number of GoDaddy-hosted WordPress blogs this weekend. The best part is that the exploit only executes when the traffic is referred by Google, making it the sort of thing that site maintainers won't easily notice. Clever and devious.

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  1. I like their commercials by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their hosting services are pretty spotty, from what I've heard. On the other hand, they have commercials that really appeal to me.

    The redirect leads you to the following URL: http://www2.burnvirusnow34.xorg.pl/

    Goddamned Perl strikes again.

    1. Re:I like their commercials by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Apparently people think that if a company spends millions on advertising, they must be upstanding.

      Explain to them that Enzyte and ExtenZe also spend millions on advertising... upstanding indeed!

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  2. Inconceivable! by eldavojohn · · Score: 4, Funny

    But but when I registered for a hosting service on GoDaddy, their commercial lead me to believe that even stripping sexy models use GoDaddy so how could something like this happen to such a reputable and honest company?!

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    1. Re:Inconceivable! by thijsh · · Score: 3, Funny

      What makes you believe the stripping sexy models weren't already infected to begin with? ...

    2. Re:Inconceivable! by igaborf · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wait, those commercials were selling something? I never noticed.

  3. Slashdotted to death. by gimmebeer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who needs viruses and chinese hackers to take down blog sites when you can just use slashdot?

  4. Don't you mean the worst part? by DigitalReverend · · Score: 4, Funny

    The best part is that the exploit only executes when the traffic is referred by Google

    I suppose if this was a hacking site, it would be considered the best part, but it's actually the worst part because it may go unnoticed. Who's side are you on?

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