WordPress to Get a JSON REST API

WordPress to Get a JSON REST API

The WordPress REST API will arrive in versions 4.4 and 4.5

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 25th, 2015
Over 2,000 WordPress Sites Are Infecting Users with Spyware

Over 2,000 WordPress Sites Are Infecting Users with Spyware

Researchers track down the C&C server to a Latvian VPS

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 18th, 2015
Thousands of WordPress Sites Hijacked to Distribute Malware in the Last Two Days

Thousands of WordPress Sites Hijacked to Distribute Malware in the Last Two Days

Unsuspecting users redirected to websites serving malware

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 16th, 2015
Monitor Worldwide Brute Force Attacks on WordPress Sites with Sucuri's Latest Tool

Monitor Worldwide Brute Force Attacks on WordPress Sites with Sucuri's Latest Tool

Easily track the state of brute force attacks against WordPress websites, worldwide or in our network

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 15th, 2015
WordPress 4.3.1 Available for Download, Fixes Two XSS Vulnerabilities

WordPress 4.3.1 Available for Download, Fixes Two XSS Vulnerabilities

WP 4.3.1 also fixes a privilege escalation issue

Subaru Asks People to Blog About Them, Then Sends DMCA Notice to Take Their Blog Down

Subaru Asks People to Blog About Them, Then Sends DMCA Notice to Take Their Blog Down

Subaru's legal department fails to understand its own social media campaigns, issues silly DMCA takedowns

Yoast SEO Is Coming to Drupal Sites

Yoast SEO Is Coming to Drupal Sites

The best WordPress SEO plugin is crossing over to Drupal

Ghost 0.7.0 Arrives with a New Admin Interface

Ghost 0.7.0 Arrives with a New Admin Interface

Through the addition of a sidebar admin menu, Ghost now kind of looks like WordPress, but better looking

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 5th, 2015
Outdated WordPress Sites Used to Deliver Teslacrypt Ransomware

Outdated WordPress Sites Used to Deliver Teslacrypt Ransomware

The Neutrino exploit kit is used to deliver the ransomware

A Sneak Peek at the Default Theme Coming with WordPress 4.4

A Sneak Peek at the Default Theme Coming with WordPress 4.4

Meet Twenty Sixteen, the new default theme in WordPress 4.4

WordPress Sites Used to Redirect Users to Malware-Infected Websites

WordPress Sites Used to Redirect Users to Malware-Infected Websites

Neutrino Exploit Kit used to deliver CryptoWall ransomware

Say Hello to WordPress 4.3

Say Hello to WordPress 4.3

WordPress 4.3 "Billie" arrives with better password generation, Markdown text formatting, and favicon support

WordPress Plugins Downloaded over 1 Billion Times

WordPress Plugins Downloaded over 1 Billion Times

WordPress.org plugins directory goes over 1,000,000,000

WordPress 4.2.4 Fixes Three XSS Vulnerabilities and One Potential SQL Injection

WordPress 4.2.4 Fixes Three XSS Vulnerabilities and One Potential SQL Injection

Six WordPress security bugs fixed in version 4.2.4

PHP 7 Is 140 Percent Faster than HHVM on LiteSpeed

PHP 7 Is 140 Percent Faster than HHVM on LiteSpeed

But HHVM is 7% faster than PHP 7 when used with WordPress

WordPress Has a Market Share of 48 Percent in the First Half of 2015

WordPress Has a Market Share of 48 Percent in the First Half of 2015

WordPress adds 1,150,000 new sites to reach 48% market share

The Shortcode Feature That Was Left Out of WordPress 4.3

The Shortcode Feature That Was Left Out of WordPress 4.3

WordPress almost had a special UI for handling shortcodes

 
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