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Attackers are exploiting WordPress plugin flaw to inject malicious scripts

Attackers are leveraging an easily exploitable bug in the popular WP Live Chat Support plugin to inject a malicious JavaScript in vulnerable sites, Zscaler warns. The company …

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WordPress updates are digitally signed at last!

WordPress 5.2 is out and brings a number of functional improvements, but the great news for those who are worried about the security of their installation is the …

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Busting the security myth: Should I use WordPress for my website?

WordPress has been around for 15 years. Today it powers around 30% of the top 10 million websites on the internet. Being such a popular platform, WordPress has been in the …

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WP Security Audit Log: Keeping a watchful eye on your WordPress sites

WordPress is, without a doubt, the most popular website management system in use. The latest statistics put the number of websites running on WordPress over 60 million, and …

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Traffic manipulation and cryptocurrency mining campaign compromised 40,000+ machines

Unknown attackers have compromised 40,000+ servers, networking and IoT devices around the world and are using them to mine Monero and redirect traffic to websites hosting tech …

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Security researchers sinkholed EITest infection chain

Security researchers have managed to neutralize “EITest,” one of the oldest infection chains and thus preventing as many as two million potential malicious …

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Thousands of WP, Joomla and SquareSpace sites serving malicious updates

Thousands of compromised WordPress, Joomla and SquareSpace-based sites are actively pushing malware disguised as Firefox, Chrome and Flash Player updates to visitors. This …

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The Wild West of drive-by cryptocurrency mining

As more and more Coinhive clones continue popping up, chances of users’ CPU power being hijacked for cryptocurrency mining are rising. According to Malwarebytes’ …

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WordPress site admins: Update immediately!

If you’re running your website on WordPress and you haven’t yet upgraded to version 4.8.3, you should do so without delay. The advice comes from the WordPress …

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EV ransomware is targeting WordPress sites

WordPress security outfit Wordfence has flagged several attempts by attackers to upload ransomware that provides them with the ability to encrypt a WordPress website’s files. …

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Telecoms don’t protect users from government overreach

The data stored on our mobile phones, laptops, and especially our online services can, when aggregated, paint a detailed picture of our lives—where we go, who we see, what we …

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WordPress announces bug bounty program

WordPress Foundation is the latest organization to publicly announce a bug bounty program set up on the HackerOne platform. What’s in scope of the WordPress bug bounty …

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