DDoS attacks are a growing threat for websites. But do you know how to mitigate them in their tracks? We’ll cover some essential fundamentals on stopping a DDoS attack and preventing them from happening in the future. Specifically, as a Continue reading How to Stop a DDoS Attack & Prevent Future DDoS Attacks
Our 2021 Website Threat Research Report details our findings and analysis of emerging and ongoing trends and threats in the website security landscape. We’ve put together this analysis to help keep website owners informed and aware of the dangers posed Continue reading Hacked Website Threat Report 2021
On April 18, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for an Object Injection vulnerability in the Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress, which has over 60,000 installations. We received a response the same day and sent Continue reading PHP Object Injection Vulnerability in Booking Calendar Plugin
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve Continue reading Vulnerability Roundup – April 2022
This article is from our friends at MainWP.com, they wanted to share a little more what MainWP can do for you. Security – is the primary concern that many website owners are still worried about. Security Ninja is no doubt Continue reading MainWP – Your WordPress Management Tool for Security!
Careful and consistent administration of a WordPress website can not only help you ensure happy visitors and users but ultimately more of them. However, many WordPress website owners are not in the business of managing WordPress websites. With primary focus Continue reading How to combine activity logs and monitoring to supercharge WordPress administration
One of the ways we are able to provide our customers with better information on vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins than our competitors is by monitoring the WordPress Support Forum for topics related to that. In addition to information useful for Continue reading WordPress Support Forum Moderator Falsely Claims That There Are Not Plugins With Known Unfixed Vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugin Directory
Staying on top of critical security risks and vulnerabilities is imperative for the safety of your website. Some of the types of threats impacting our client sites include injections, broken authentication, cross site scripting, or even attackers targeting components with known Continue reading Keeping Up With PHP Updates
The latest version of the WordPress security plugin All In One WP Security & Firewall fixed a minor security vulnerability. While there is an extensive changelog for that version, there doesn’t appear to be any mention of that. Take a Continue reading Developers of 1+ Million Install WordPress Security Plugin All In One WP Security & Firewall Not Disclosing Change in Ownership
On any given day, Sucuri sees thousands of clients go through the PCI compliance process. The requirements outlined by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) are mandatory for any website accepting credit card payment, and this process Continue reading Poodle and Doodle, FUD and the Sucuri WAF
In reviewing reports of vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins to provide our customers with the best data on vulnerabilities in plugins they use, we often find that there are reports for things that don’t appear to be vulnerabilities. For more problematic Continue reading Not Really a WordPress Plugin Vulnerability, Week of April 15
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On March 29, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the disclosure process for a critical vulnerability in the Elementor plugin that allowed any authenticated user to upload arbitrary PHP code. Elementor is one of the most popular WordPress plugins Continue reading Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Elementor
Sucuri has always been a dedicated supporter of the WordPress community. Our free plugin was one of our first contributions to WordPress security (before bootstrapping our efforts into our WAF/CDN, Backups, and Malware Remediation services). However, over my many years Continue reading Sucuri WordPress Plugin += Sucuri WAF
Administrator panel compromises are one of the most common attacks that everyday WordPress website admins face. We work with thousands of clients who have encountered attacks on their websites and I’ve long ago lost count of the number of times Continue reading The Case for 2FA by Default for WordPress
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On March 10, 2022 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in “SiteGround Security”, a WordPress plugin that is installed on over 400,000 sites. This flaw makes it possible for attackers to Continue reading Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Patched in SiteGround Security Plugin
One of the most important monitoring tools in our security platform is our Sucuri SiteCheck scanner. It’s a free tool to scan your website for known malicious content and malware injections. The usage of SiteCheck also allows us to monitor Continue reading WordPress Overtakes Magento in Credit Card Skimmers
Over the last year we’ve seen an ongoing malware infection which redirects website visitors to scam sites. So far this year our monitoring has detected over 3,000 websites infected with this injection this year and over 17,000 in total since Continue reading WordPress Popunder Malware Redirects to Scam Sites