{"id":488,"date":"2008-11-10T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T09:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2008-11-10T10:20:46","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T09:20:46","slug":"fake-version-of-wordpress-cms-software-circulating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/fake-version-of-wordpress-cms-software-circulating\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Version of WordPress CMS Software Circulating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/wordpress.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A fake version of WordPress, the popular web site CMS (content management system) software has been found in the wild. This version of WordPress, a non-existent version 2.6.4, contains a Trojan horse, which, according to reports, &#8220;contains call backs to the Fake WordPress site and looks to be stealing credentials.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The fake version takes advantage of a possible spelling\/typing error, and is available from wordpresz.org (note the &#8220;sz&#8221; at the end) rather than the real wordpress.org. One of WordPress&#8217;s lead developers, Peter Westwood, told the following to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2008\/11\/06\/trojanised_wordpress\/\">The Register<\/a> :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIt looks like sites which have not upgraded to 2.6.3 are being exploited in an interesting way whereby a hacker, probably using an automated script, is hacking into sites with the vulnerability and changing the settings of one of the dashboard modules to point to a different feed thereby encouraging people to go to a different site which is offering a dodgy upgrade.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All users of WordPress should check their sites and make sure they haven&#8217;t been tricked into upgrading to version 2.6.4. If you have been stung, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=896\">this article<\/a> tells you how to clean up the mess. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fake version of WordPress, the popular web site CMS (content management system) software has been found in the wild. 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