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Wi-Fi Alliance
Wi-Fi HaLow to extend Wi-Fi solutions for the Internet of Things

With industry momentum mounting around a low power Wi-Fi solution, Wi-Fi Alliance announced the Wi-Fi HaLow designation for products incorporating IEEE 802.11ah technology. …

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Netgear Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router released

Netgear is launching the new Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router (R7800) for people who value speed. The Nighthawk X4S supports Wave 2 WiFi features like quad-stream …

WP Engine breached, forces users to change their passwords

Popular WordPress-specific hosting provider WP Engine has apparently suffered a data breach, and is forcing their customers to change their passwords.“We are writing …

Free WordPress plugin for a password-free login

Nearly 25 percent of the Internet runs on WordPress, and now these sites can be more secure thanks to a free WordPress plugin available from LaunchKey.The plugin enables …

Keep your site more secure with WordPress 4.3

WordPress 4.3, named Billie in honor of jazz singer Billie Holiday, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard.The new version enables you to keep your …

WordPress 4.2.4 fixes critical vulnerabilities

It’s time to update your self-hosted versions of WordPress again.WordPress 4.2.4, released on Tuesday, fixes four bugs and several security issues: Three cross-site …

Microsoft’s anti-surveillance website was hacked

Digital Constitution – a dedicated website Microsoft set up to keep users informed of its efforts to counter US government’s attempts to access customer emails the …

Millions of WordPress sites risk hijacking due to flaw in default theme

Guess what? Unless your site is hosted by one of 11 specific web hosts, it’s time to patch your WordPress installation again! Netsparker researchers have recently …

Year-old flaw in popular WordPress plugin still actively exploited

Sucuri Security researchers have discovered yet another malicious campaign redirecting users to sites hosting exploits. As per usual, the attackers are mostly leveraging …

5,000+ e-commerce sites at risk due to buggy WordPress plugin

A popular WordPress e-commerce plugin that is actively used on over 5,000 websites contains high-risk vulnerabilities that can be exploited to compromise customers’ …

WordPress vulnerable to yet another, still to be patched XSS flaw

The latest WordPress version (4.2, released on Thursday) and several earlier ones are vulnerable to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that can be exploited to …

WordPress issues critical security release

WordPress users should update as soon as possible, as the latest release (4.1.2) plugs a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability that could allow anonymous users to …

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