Here is what your vendor is telling us about recent security vulnerabilitys that affected some of the worlds most experienced Bloggers like Robert Scoble:
"I’m talking about this not to scare you, but to highlight that this is something that has happened before, and that will more than likely happen again."
That quote is straight from WordPress and perfectly acceptable in a world where your blog is not mission critical..where a bug or virus getting into your system isn't that big of a deal...a world where people actually like having to worry about plug-in's and frequent upgrades and software tweaking....
Here are some direct comment quotes from Techcrunch on the subject:
"This causes a false sense of security. especially with the bulk of WP users who really don’t understand anything past the WP dashboard."
"My sites were victims of such attacks, as mentioned in this TC article. There were unknown users signing up on my blog, although i’m not accepting signups."
"The fact that a CMS needs “virus/malware” software of its own is frightening. WordPress is the BIND/Sendmail of the blogging world."
"I had a “viagra” pharmacy (or their affiliate) injecting a re-direct in my wordpress installation and it’s incredible tough to figure out where they’ve placed it."
"This absolutely destroyed my blog, which has been “down” for a very long time now."
"This is a nasty hack that essentially turned control of my site over to others."
"WordPress has and will continue to be vulnerable to attacks. The sad fact is that the code base is very poor and it’s truly astonishing that it is so widely used. Yes, WordPress works and is great software, but the core could be MUCH better."
"...you look at the codebase for projects like this and it’s like WTF? But so many people use it…"
"Wait on second look, I did have an unauthorized admin user! He just wasn’t showing up on the list. It was funny… when I looked at my users, it said there were 5 admins. But only four on the list, and I know all four. When I queried the database outside wordpress, the fifth showed up. sneaky."
This is just not acceptable in the business world! Business Blog Software needs to be secure and engergy needs to be spent in online marketing and not on constant monitoring and upgrading your software code. Remember plug-in fixes come only after there have been problems.
This is why Software as a Service offerings are gaining such momentum. As organizations of all sizes begin to recognize the value of these tools for Online Marketing instead of tech toys....there is going to be a lot less tolerance for having to babysit code and more demands on Return on Investment.
Gartner talked about this in their recent Technology Wave Report when they highlighted Corporate Blogging and mentioned second and third generation software as one reason for it's acceleration. WP is a 1st generation tool. Fun for hobbyists but probably not a business tool.
"I’m talking about this not to scare you, but to highlight that this is something that has happened before, and that will more than likely happen again."
That quote is straight from WordPress and perfectly acceptable in a world where your blog is not mission critical..where a bug or virus getting into your system isn't that big of a deal...a world where people actually like having to worry about plug-in's and frequent upgrades and software tweaking....
Here are some direct comment quotes from Techcrunch on the subject:
"This causes a false sense of security. especially with the bulk of WP users who really don’t understand anything past the WP dashboard."
"My sites were victims of such attacks, as mentioned in this TC article. There were unknown users signing up on my blog, although i’m not accepting signups."
"The fact that a CMS needs “virus/malware” software of its own is frightening. WordPress is the BIND/Sendmail of the blogging world."
"I had a “viagra” pharmacy (or their affiliate) injecting a re-direct in my wordpress installation and it’s incredible tough to figure out where they’ve placed it."
"This absolutely destroyed my blog, which has been “down” for a very long time now."
"This is a nasty hack that essentially turned control of my site over to others."
"WordPress has and will continue to be vulnerable to attacks. The sad fact is that the code base is very poor and it’s truly astonishing that it is so widely used. Yes, WordPress works and is great software, but the core could be MUCH better."
"...you look at the codebase for projects like this and it’s like WTF? But so many people use it…"
"Wait on second look, I did have an unauthorized admin user! He just wasn’t showing up on the list. It was funny… when I looked at my users, it said there were 5 admins. But only four on the list, and I know all four. When I queried the database outside wordpress, the fifth showed up. sneaky."
This is just not acceptable in the business world! Business Blog Software needs to be secure and engergy needs to be spent in online marketing and not on constant monitoring and upgrading your software code. Remember plug-in fixes come only after there have been problems.
This is why Software as a Service offerings are gaining such momentum. As organizations of all sizes begin to recognize the value of these tools for Online Marketing instead of tech toys....there is going to be a lot less tolerance for having to babysit code and more demands on Return on Investment.
Gartner talked about this in their recent Technology Wave Report when they highlighted Corporate Blogging and mentioned second and third generation software as one reason for it's acceleration. WP is a 1st generation tool. Fun for hobbyists but probably not a business tool.
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