Last Wednesday, March 3, 2010, my site was hacked. At around 11am, I tried visiting my blog and main sites but they were down. I really don’t know what to do because as I’ve said, I’m not a techie guy. When I started blogging, simple browsing and Microsoft Word are the only things that I know. I don’t know about codes and I don’t really care.

What I know is plain search engine optimization, affiliate marketing and pure making money online techniques. I lack the technical know-how in software and hardware so I believe I am an easy target. I am very vulnerable in these kinds of attacks.

I have expected this to happen as my site climb fast in Alexa ranking in less than a year. I have been featured in Manuel Viloria’s site, (http://www.viloria.net/archives/pinoy-internet-marketing/) recognizing my capability in SEO and traffic generation through social media marketing. Some would think I’m a good target and easy as well – VERY EASY.

USAToday have featured an article explaining “How cybercriminals invade social networks, companies”. I am suspecting that the exploit was caused by clicking malicious applications from either Facebook or Twitter in which I am a heavy user due to the nature of my business. Another cause might be the hundreds of spam messages that I receive daily. [Read more →]