Last week numerous news outlets ran scary sounding stories about a claimed security issue in a WordPress plugin. Here are some of the headlines of stories that were included in Google News: WordPress zero-day vulnerability compromised more than 280000 websites: Continue reading Wordfence and Security Journalists Are Again Creating FUD About the Security of WordPress Websites
As we continue to monitor the cyber situation in Ukraine, the data we are seeing shows some interesting trends. Not only has the volume of attacks continued rising throughout the conflict in Ukraine, the types of attacks have been varied. Continue reading Analyzing Attack Data and Trends Targeting Ukrainian Domains
This morning the Wordfence team is launching Wordfence Intelligence live at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas. Our entire team is here in Las Vegas, including our international team members. I’d like to tell you more about what we’re launching Continue reading Wordfence Launches Wordfence Intelligence for Hosts and Network Defenders
The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 20, 2022. By mid-March it was clear the cyber-war had begun, and the attacks have been consistent ever since. Prior to this, on March 1, 2022, Wordfence reported on an attack campaign Continue reading Ukrainian Website Threat Landscape Throughout 2022
Wordfence protects over 4 million websites around the world on 12,000 unique networks, and we block over 1.8 billion attacks targeting those websites every month. For years we have had a relationship with our customers that is a virtuous cycle: Continue reading Wordfence Intelligence Launching at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas Next Week
One of the little understood realities of security issues with WordPress plugins is that the insecurity of them is not evenly spread across those plugins. Instead, many developers are properly securing their plugins and others get them properly secured when Continue reading WordPress Plugin Developer Security Advisory: Artbees
Earlier today, Wordfence released an odd post on their blog. In the post they disclosed an incredibly easy to exploit a vulnerability in a WordPress plugin named Jupiter X Core, which allows anyone logged in to WordPress to change their Continue reading Hackers Probably Already Targeting Vulnerability Wordfence Disclosed Despite Fix Not Being Generally Available
48 hours ago we deployed our commercial real-time threat intelligence automatically, and for free, to all Ukrainian websites with the .UA top-level domain. That has made over 8,000 sites in Ukraine using the free version of Wordfence significantly more secure. Continue reading We’re Now Blocking 10,000 Requests Per Hour in Ukraine From Known Malicious IPs
It appears that Russia has just commenced the invasion of Ukraine. Check your preferred international news outlet, but according to the Ukrainian foreign minister “Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.” Ukrainian airspace is closed with flights diverting. Continue reading Entering a Higher State of Vigilance – Ukraine Under Attack
It’s Friday, and I thought we’d have fun talking about something a little different. At Wordfence, one of my priorities is fostering a strong creative team and culture, and investing in creators. Emily Dalmas joined us as a full-time producer Continue reading Friday Fun: From Idea to Animated Film