Is Your WordPress Website Distributing Malware in Google Image Search?

by Siobhan McKeown May 10^th, 2011 13 Responses

Well, is it? Is your answer – “what the hell are you talking about?”

It turns out that thousands of hacked sites are infecting Google image search results with images redirecting to Fake AV sites. And, unfortunately for you and for me, WordPress sites are a prime target for this kind of attack. A PHP injection into a WordPress site can generate spammy websites, hijack Google Image SERPs and result in your WordPress website tossing unsuspecting Google Image searchers to a FakeAV site.

Depressing, right? Might be time to check your website to see if it’s been hijacked in this way.

Themes

Why You Should Never Search For Free WordPress Themes

by Siobhan McKeown January 11^th, 2011 559 Responses

Update: I have written a post about where you can find free WordPress themes. So once you get to the end of this and are suitably concerned you can check it out for some great places to find your themes.

A few months ago I wrote about WordPress Security. Now, armed only with the words “free WordPress themes,” builtBackwards’ Theme Authenticity Checker Plugin and Donncha O Caoimh’s Exploit Scanner, I’m going to take a look through the first page of Google to see just how safe pages ranking for “Free WordPress Themes” are.