{"id":1245,"date":"2014-08-08T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bgdigitalgroup.com.php56-17.dfw3-2.websitetestlink.com\/?p=115"},"modified":"2019-03-12T13:32:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:32:17","slug":"website-owners-wordpress-drupal-virus-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/website-owners-wordpress-drupal-virus-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Owners: WordPress and Drupal Virus Attack!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warning to both WordPress and Drupal software users, update your software as soon as possible to decrease your vulnerability against a viral XML Quadratic Blowup Attack. This virus has the ability to take down a whole website or server. According to the World Wide Web Consortium latest statistics WordPress alone operates 23% of the web! The threat can inflict 100% CPU and RAM<\/p>\n<p>usage and completely incapacitate your server. The bright side is that there is a very simple andeasy quick fix, which is to update your software immediately! The current versions of both WordPress and Drupal are the target.\u00a0WordPress version 3.5 \u2013 3.9, and Drupal version 6x to 7x which both work on a default installation are at risk. To read the full article about the virus attack, visit the original site<a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/08\/06\/wordpress-xml-blowup-dos\/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link\">\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bellagurl performs regular updates and maintenance on all our WordPress<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2765\" src=\"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/warning-image.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/blog.bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/warning_image.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"61\" \/>\u00a0websites.\u00a0To ensure our clients receive the best services we continuously maintain website security. In addition we also install plug-ins to deter hackers from compromising accounts. If you have any questions give\u00a0<a href=\"\/contact\/\">Bellagurl\u00a0<\/a>a call and we will be glad to address your concerns.\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Checklist-Running-an-Inbound-Marketing-Campaign-BGDigital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We make marketing that matters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/contact\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2134\" src=\"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/contact-us.gif\" alt=\"Contact Us\" width=\"368\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning to both WordPress and Drupal software users, update your software as soon as possible to decrease your vulnerability against a viral XML Quadratic Blowup Attack. This virus has the ability to take down a whole website or server. According to the World Wide Web Consortium latest statistics WordPress alone operates 23% of the web! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[13],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}