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Go Update W3 Total Cache, WPTouch, and AddThis RIGHT NOW!

CMDR Mitchcraft

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If you’ve updated your plugins in the last 24 hours, go straight back into your website and do it again – there’s a chance you may have downloaded some infected plugins that were hacked into the repository.

According to WordPress.org, the plugins AddThis, W3 Total Cache, and WPTouch were infected with a backdoor that lets people into your site.  The plugins are fixed now, and if you update you can remove the infected code immediately.

Normally those plugins are safe, and (given the  hacks and the frequent downtime by other companies) it’s nice to see a company like WordPress that can think on its heels and get the hacks solved in minutes (and not weeks – I’m looking at you Sony).

  • Go Update W3 Total Cache, WPTouch, and AddThis RIGHT NOW!

    Go Update W3 Total Cache, WPTouch, and AddThis RIGHT NOW!

    Reading time: 1 minute

    If you’ve updated your plugins in the last 24 hours, go straight back into your website and do it again – there’s a chance you may have downloaded some infected plugins that were hacked into the repository. According to WordPress.org, the plugins AddThis, W3 Total Cache, and WPTouch were infected with a backdoor that lets…

    WordPress
  • Things I Learned from #wcatl (and a Few I Learned on My Own)

    Things I Learned from #wcatl (and a Few I Learned on My Own)

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    View more documents from Jane Wells. 2. The PHP and WordPress communities can learn a lot from each other. @technosailor gave a fantastic presentation (re: lecture in a discussion-y way) on how the core communities of both the PHP world and the WordPress world could stand to play nicer to each other.  Personally, I think…

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