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They say that the more popular you are, the more attacks you get. The massive code injection and hidden links on WordPress blogs are getting some serious coverage and just tonight I discovered another form of attack -- the WP Trackback Spam flooding. The attack is simple yet effective -- flood wp-trackback.php with HTTP requests. Took me about 6 hours monitoring one of our servers where a blog was attacked. The attack would seem like a Digg-effect or a slashdot effect. Read more in our articles including "Android malware 'Gooligan' infects more than 1 million accounts" and "WP Trackback Spam Attack".

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They say that the more popular you are, the more attacks you get. The massive code injection and hidden links on WordPress blogs are getting some serious coverage and just tonight I discovered another form of attack -- the WP Trackback Spam flooding.

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The attack is simple yet effective -- flood wp-trackback.php with HTTP requests. Took me about 6 hours monitoring one of our servers where a blog was attacked. The attack would seem like a Digg-effect or a slashdot effect.

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Our coverage of attack includes: "Android malware 'Gooligan' infects more than 1 million accounts"; "WP Trackback Spam Attack"; "The POCO M8 Power is now official". Each article provides unique insights and information.