• Web Blog
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 17th, 2016
Infographic: WordPress Is by Far the Most Used CMS of 2016

Infographic: WordPress Is by Far the Most Used CMS of 2016

Joomla ranked second, Wix is third, Squarespace fourth

Hacked WordPress Core File Leveraged for Hijacking a Site's Web Traffic

Hacked WordPress Core File Leveraged for Hijacking a Site's Web Traffic

Just invest into a file integrity monitoring system already!

Top US Universities Hacked and Injected with SEO Spam

Top US Universities Hacked and Injected with SEO Spam

Stanford portal falls victim to SEO spam campaign

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 22nd, 2016
WordPress Continues to Be by Far the Most Hacked CMS

WordPress Continues to Be by Far the Most Hacked CMS

Most hackers leave backdoors on infected systems

CloudFlare Launches New Plugin to Secure Your WordPress Sites

CloudFlare Launches New Plugin to Secure Your WordPress Sites

You still need a CloudFlare paid subscription plan to take full advantage of the company's infrastructure

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 21st, 2016
Security Firm Tries to Silence Critic Using Questionable DMCA Notice

Security Firm Tries to Silence Critic Using Questionable DMCA Notice

SiteLock sends White Fir Design DMCA notice for using a screenshot of their site's homepage, and more

Email Bomb Attack Hits 100+ Government Accounts

Email Bomb Attack Hits 100+ Government Accounts

Spammers are developing a new service, according to Spamhaus

WordPress 4.6.1 Security Update Is Out, Time to Update Peeps

WordPress 4.6.1 Security Update Is Out, Time to Update Peeps

WP 4.6.1 fixes two cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs

German Man Behind IRC-Controlled WordPress Botnet

German Man Behind IRC-Controlled WordPress Botnet

Botnet is still active because of complex legal procedures

WordPress Plugin Fixes SQL Injection Flaw That Let Attackers Dump Site Passwords

WordPress Plugin Fixes SQL Injection Flaw That Let Attackers Dump Site Passwords

Affected plugin installed on over 600,000 WP sites

WordPress Plugin Hijacks Websites to Show Payday Loan Ads

WordPress Plugin Hijacks Websites to Show Payday Loan Ads

Plugin author recognizes mistake, fixes plugin

WordPress 4.6 Released with Loads of Admin Panel Improvements

WordPress 4.6 Released with Loads of Admin Panel Improvements

New fonts, more AJAX, and a better WYSIWYG editor

Hackers Insert SEO Spam on Legitimate Sites via WordPress Core Files

Hackers Insert SEO Spam on Legitimate Sites via WordPress Core Files

Crooks use whatever technique they can to prevail

Expired Domains Associated with WordPress Plugin Show Ads, Scareware

Expired Domains Associated with WordPress Plugin Show Ads, Scareware

The blame falls on webmasters, not plugin developers

New Jersey Town Website Hacked 8 Times in 20 Days

New Jersey Town Website Hacked 8 Times in 20 Days

Website is currently down, nobody knowns who hacked it

Summer of Pwnage Event Yields 64 Security Bugs in WordPress Core and Plugins

Summer of Pwnage Event Yields 64 Security Bugs in WordPress Core and Plugins

Softpedia spoke with Securify about the Summer of Pwnage

WooCommerce WP Stores Affected by Image-Based XSS Vulnerability

WooCommerce WP Stores Affected by Image-Based XSS Vulnerability

Update to WooCommerce 2.6.3 as soon as possible

 
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