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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 elysiana · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You know, a while back a friend of mine told me he had bought hosting at GoDaddy and was wondering if I'd help set up a site for him. I told him I wouldn't touch it until he got a better host, and he was shocked. His reaction was roughly, "What do you mean they're not reputable? They had Super Bowl commercials and everything!" Apparently people think that if a company spends millions on advertising, they must be upstanding.

      I worry.