Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.5 and Patch Those Security Holes
WordPress has had a heck of a time trying to stay ahead of evil hackers following the summer of exploits.
Unfortunately, several of our clients had been among those affected, but everyone got back up and running with an upgrade and some deep cleaning.
While version 2.8.4 has been a nice stable offering, WordPress announced that 2.8.5 or “The Hardening Release” is now available for download.
According to WP:
The headline changes in this release are:
- A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
- Removal of areas within the code where


