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Free Wordpress Themes | Eeze Wordpress South Africa — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:01:08 +0000

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By: Pali Madra

Pali Madra — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:09:15 +0000

It is good to find out that top-themes.com website is not providing anything regarding WordPress.

Otto are you responsible for ensuring the top-themes.com shuts down? If so congratulations! This is perhaps, the best way to tackle such people who are spreading malware by providing infected themes for download.

Thank you for the post as it is very helpful for WordPress Developers like me.

By: - ThreatResearcher ... a blog

- ThreatResearcher ... a blog — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:46:18 +0000

[...] example of a sneaky trojanized WordPress theme was analyzed in detail by Otto in December of 2010. In it he points out another rule of thumb which is to only download themes from the official [...]

By: Il ne faut jamais chercher un thème WordPress gratuit sur un moteur de recherche | WordPress Francophone | ZeeWebON

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:31:54 +0000

[...] Otto dissecte les codes malicieux dans les thèmes [...]

By: Malware in WordPress Themes | HackerTarget.com : Online Security Scan

Malware in WordPress Themes | HackerTarget.com : Online Security Scan — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:15:22 +0000

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By: Only Download WordPress Themes from Reputable Sources | ctzdesign - web development and consulting by Charlie Zegers

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:47:30 +0000

[...] malware and it’s worth investigating to see some of the ways people try to hide their spam.via Anatomy of a Theme Malware » Otto on WordPress.Now, this is not intended to imply that all WordPress theme download sites are bad, or that you [...]

By: Only Download WordPress Themes From Trusted Sources » cb.blog

Only Download WordPress Themes From Trusted Sources » cb.blog — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:30:33 +0000

[...] and redistribution. However, these Theme modifications turned out to be insidiously malicious. As Otto explains, Themes distributed by the site in question had been hacked to (among other things) include a [...]

By: Is Your WordPress Blog at Risk from the Epsilon Email Theft? « Lorelle on WordPress

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:34:38 +0000

[...] specifically WordPress Themes, Plugins, and out-of-date versions of WordPress. WordPress expert, Otto of OttoPress investigated a WordPress malware hack last year, uncovering the insidious methods they use. Having had two of my sites and a few [...]

By: “Scanning” for Malicious Code is Pointless » Otto on WordPress

“Scanning” for Malicious Code is Pointless » Otto on WordPress — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:47:04 +0000

[...] gotten a few responses back to some of my malware related posts asking why WordPress doesn’t check for this sort of thing in the core code. Why can’t [...]

By: Why You Should Never Search For Free WordPress Themes in Google or Anywhere Else - WordPress, Multisite and BuddyPress plugins, themes, news and help – WPMU.org

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:02:39 +0000

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