Hackers Prefer File Upload, XSS, and SQLi Bugs When Attacking WordPress Sites

Hackers Prefer File Upload, XSS, and SQLi Bugs When Attacking WordPress Sites

Infocus2 is the most attacked WordPress theme

Researcher Wins $5,000 for Finding XSS Bug on Google in Most Peculiar Manner

Researcher Wins $5,000 for Finding XSS Bug on Google in Most Peculiar Manner

Google fixes dormant XSS issue in Cloud Console dashboard

WordPress 4.5.2 Released to Fix XSS and SOME Security Bugs

WordPress 4.5.2 Released to Fix XSS and SOME Security Bugs

Both flaws are in third-party components

Stored XSS Bug Affects All bbPress WordPress Forum Versions

Stored XSS Bug Affects All bbPress WordPress Forum Versions

Attackers can gain control of the website by stealing cookies and impersonating admins or moderators

Researcher Identifies XSS Filter Bypass in Microsoft Edge

Researcher Identifies XSS Filter Bypass in Microsoft Edge

The issue is not fixed, Microsoft still working on it

Google Fixes XSS Bug in Account Recovery Procedure

Google Fixes XSS Bug in Account Recovery Procedure

Attackers could take over any Google account they wanted

Bug in OS X Messages App Lets Attackers Steal Your Chat History

Bug in OS X Messages App Lets Attackers Steal Your Chat History

Don't worry, Apple's precious crypto is fine

XSS and CSRF Bugs in Steam Dev Panel Let Anyone Be a Valve Admin

XSS and CSRF Bugs in Steam Dev Panel Let Anyone Be a Valve Admin

Valve admins had better watch their cookies!

WordPress Attacked 3.5 Times More Often than Non-CMS Sites

WordPress Attacked 3.5 Times More Often than Non-CMS Sites

SQL injection attacks grew 3 times year-to-year in H1 2015

XSS on Fortinet's Login Page Let Attackers Log Passwords in Cleartext

XSS on Fortinet's Login Page Let Attackers Log Passwords in Cleartext

Just the bug nation-state actors were looking for

Ad Code for Many Advertising Networks Vulnerable to Basic XSS Attacks

Ad Code for Many Advertising Networks Vulnerable to Basic XSS Attacks

XSS payload jumps across pages via ad code

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 28th, 2016
One in Ten Top Internet Sites May Be Vulnerable to CSRF and XSS Attacks

One in Ten Top Internet Sites May Be Vulnerable to CSRF and XSS Attacks

CloudFlare researchers finds that 10% of Alexa Top 1 Million sites use improper CORS security settings

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 27th, 2016
The Most Common Vulnerabilities in Open Source Web Applications Are XSS and SQLi

The Most Common Vulnerabilities in Open Source Web Applications Are XSS and SQLi

Remote and Local File Inclusion vulnerabilities ranked third

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 19th, 2016
JSF*** eBay XSS Bug Exploited in the Wild, Despite the Company's Fix

JSF*** eBay XSS Bug Exploited in the Wild, Despite the Company's Fix

Attackers exploit eBay's lackluster security policy

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 12th, 2016
Torrents Time Plugin Plagued by Security Issues, Pirate Bay & KAT Users at Risk <em>UPDATE</em>

Torrents Time Plugin Plagued by Security Issues, Pirate Bay & KAT Users at Risk UPDATE

The honeymoon is over, and the ground-breaking browser torrenting technology is a security and user privacy disaster

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 28th, 2016
Facebook Patches Critical XSS Bug That Led to Total Account Compromise

Facebook Patches Critical XSS Bug That Led to Total Account Compromise

Facebook patched the issue in about six hours

XSS Bug in Magento Allows Attackers to Take Over Online Shops

XSS Bug in Magento Allows Attackers to Take Over Online Shops

The malicious code can be stored inside email address fields, and then executed in the Magento backend

 
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