- Web Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 17th, 2016
Infographic: WordPress Is by Far the Most Used CMS of 2016
Joomla ranked second, Wix is third, Squarespace fourth
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 4th, 2016
Hacked WordPress Core File Leveraged for Hijacking a Site's Web Traffic
Just invest into a file integrity monitoring system already!
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 27th, 2016
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
Most hackers leave backdoors on infected systems
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 22nd, 2016
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
SiteLock sends White Fir Design DMCA notice for using a screenshot of their site's homepage, and more
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 18th, 2016
Email Bomb Attack Hits 100+ Government Accounts
Spammers are developing a new service, according to Spamhaus
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 8th, 2016
WordPress 4.6.1 Security Update Is Out, Time to Update Peeps
WP 4.6.1 fixes two cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 25th, 2016
German Man Behind IRC-Controlled WordPress Botnet
Botnet is still active because of complex legal procedures
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 22nd, 2016
WordPress Plugin Fixes SQL Injection Flaw That Let Attackers Dump Site Passwords
Affected plugin installed on over 600,000 WP sites
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 17th, 2016
WordPress Plugin Hijacks Websites to Show Payday Loan Ads
Plugin author recognizes mistake, fixes plugin
- Web resources
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 16th, 2016
WordPress 4.6 Released with Loads of Admin Panel Improvements
New fonts, more AJAX, and a better WYSIWYG editor
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 15th, 2016
Hackers Insert SEO Spam on Legitimate Sites via WordPress Core Files
Crooks use whatever technique they can to prevail
- Server related
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 4th, 2016
Expired Domains Associated with WordPress Plugin Show Ads, Scareware
The blame falls on webmasters, not plugin developers
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 29th, 2016
New Jersey Town Website Hacked 8 Times in 20 Days
Website is currently down, nobody knowns who hacked it
- Interviews
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 21st, 2016
Summer of Pwnage Event Yields 64 Security Bugs in WordPress Core and Plugins
Softpedia spoke with Securify about the Summer of Pwnage
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 21st, 2016
WooCommerce WP Stores Affected by Image-Based XSS Vulnerability
Update to WooCommerce 2.6.3 as soon as possible