Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Wordpress.
Security specialist Jetpack discovered backdoors in legitimate WordPress plugins from AccessPress Themes, a WordPress dev. The backdoors allow hackers to take complete control of WordPress websites. Jetpack's investigation shows that AccessPress Themes' WordPress plugins and themes feature a bac... Read more
2 years ago
In a recent study, Risk Based Security concludes that the number of third-party WordPress plugins with vulnerabilities has increased significantly in the past year. According to the security specialists, 10,359 vulnerabilities were discovered in 2021 among providers of WordPress plugins. A total... Read more
2 years ago
WordPress introduces an emergency patch for four critical vulnerabilities. WordPress 5.8.3 is available immediately. WP_Meta_Query and WP_Query, two of the content management system's classes, were found to be vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. Furthermore, XXS attacks were enabled by post slu... Read more
2 years ago
Web host GoDaddy was hit by a major data leak, affecting some 1.2 million of the Managed WordPress hosting environment's customers. According to hosting provider GoDaddy, hackers gained access to the Managed WordPress environment using a misappropriated password. The setup environment of the cod... Read more
2 years ago
Microsoft detailed the features arriving in Office 2021, its single-purchase productivity suite. Microsoft’s Office apps are available as part of other bundles offered by the software giant. Consumers usually get them as part of the Microsoft 365 suite, which needs a subscription. The new deta... Read more
3 years ago
The new release includes almost 300 new features and fixes. Website owners can now edit their pages with the Gutenberg block editor. This week WordPress announced the release of WordPress 5.8 “Tatum”. This is their "latest and greatest release" and is now available for download ... Read more
3 years ago
Two big names in the internet world have spoken out against Google's FLoC system. Both Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox browser, and Automattic, the company behind the popular WordPress CMS, have said they will not participate in Google's alternative to tracking cookies. The withdrawal of W... Read more
3 years ago
Log-in data of victims of phishing attacks were available on various hacked WordPress websites. These websites, and therefore the stolen login data, were indexed by Google. Check Point Research writes about the findings in a blog post. The attackers first managed to hack existing WordPress websi... Read more
3 years ago
Attackers also poison the victim's keywords and SERP ranking. There is a new cybercrime gang at work these days. Their modus operandi: take over vulnerable WordPress sites to install hidden e-commerce stores and wreak other havoc. The malefactors appear to be doing this to hijack the original si... Read more
3 years ago
WordPress is under fire after hackers discovered a vulnerability in the popular plugin 'File Manager.' Millions of WordPress sites have been probed to find the weakness and exploit it this past week. According to Defiant, the company behind the Wordfence web firewall, the sites attacked could be mo... Read more
4 years ago
