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High Severity Vulnerability Update now the WP Maintenance Plugin
If you are using the WP Maintenance Plugin on your site, there was posted a High Severity Vulnerability on November 19th from the WordFence Security Team. It is neccessary to update your plugin immediately. WordFence announcement: On November 15th, 2019, our Threat...
Open Redirect Vulnerability Patched In Bridge Theme – Wordfence
The Wordfence3 Intelligence team recently identified an open redirect vulnerability in Bridge, a commercial WordPress theme purchased more than 120,000 times. We disclosed this issue to Qode Interactive, the theme’s developers, who have since released a patch for the...
Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in GiveWP Plugin
Keeping up with updates on your site is one of the most important ways in keeping your site secure and against threats that may come about of plugin vulnerabilities. Wordfence put out information on the GiveWP plugin and if you have this plugin installed on your site,...
Rich Reviews Plugin Exploited In The Wild – Wordfence – Remove this plugin
An affected plugin which redirects site and will not be updated in the future. Wordfence put out a release and we are asking if you have or are using this plugin on your site, that you copy over your reviews, disable this plugin immediately and remove this plugin from...
Fighting WordPress Spam – Review of Cleantalk
If you have a WordPress site and you allow comments, reviews, forms, BuddyPress or social forums, you know that spam can be a fulltime job sometimes. Running a business or online web site , you don't have the extra time to monitor when it comes to interaction with...
Update to WordPress 5.2
As always we encourage whenever there is a WordPress core update, that you back up your site and get your site updated to the newest version. These will help keep your site more secure. Whats about WordPress 5.2? Keeping Your WordPress Site Safe WordPress 5.2 gives...
Hackers Abusing Recently Patched Vulnerability In Easy WP SMTP Plugin
Over the weekend, a vulnerability was disclosed and patched in the popular WordPress plugin Easy WP SMTP. The plugin allows users to configure SMTP connections for outgoing email, and has a userbase of over 300,000 active installs. The vulnerability is only present in...
Wordfence Launches it first podcast of Think like a Hacker
Think Like a Hacker Podcast Episode 1: An Interview with Josepha Haden Josepha Haden is the Executive Director of the WordPress project at Automattic. She oversees and directs all contributor teams in their work to build and maintain WordPress. Josepha can be found at...
Update to WordPress 5.1 – a more secure WordPress
WordPress 5.1 focuses on polish, in particular by improving the overall performance of the editor. In addition, this release paves the way for a better, faster, and more secure WordPress with some essential tools for site administrators and developers. Newer versions...
Update your WordPress Version to 4.9.6 and your themes and plugins!
Lots of updates going on with WordPress lately. Wordpress needs to be updated on an ongoing basis to keep up with new features, work out bugs, and update for security reasons. This month WordPress updated to version 4.9.6 and plugins and themes will follow. Always...
Update WordPress to Version 4.9.5
Always make sure you update to the newest version of WordPress as soon as they become available. In the present time, all sites, especially content management systems like WordPress, are vulnerable to security attacks. Updates are crucial to the security of any...
Protect your WordPress site against password leak attacks
Hackers of WordPress sites have their common practices of trying to get into your site by common used passwords. We always suggest that you use a strong security plugin like one of the 3 top WordPress security plugins we have recommended. Security practices like an...
How to clean up a hacked WordPress site
If you have been hacked and warned through search engines that your Wordpress site has been compromised, you may wonder how this happened and where do you start in clean up of your hacked WordPress site. We know that when a site has been hacked, this is no easy task....
Wordfence releases a PSA – Replacing SSL and TLS by certain providers
On March 12, 2018 Wordfence Security released a public service anouncement about replacing Your SSL/TLS Certs by Symantec, Thawte, VeriSign, Equifax, GeoTrust and RapidSSL What does this change mean for hosted web sites and Wordpress web sites? This will effect users...
Switch to Secure Hosting WP and we will install security for WordPress
Now through March 1st 2018, switch your hosting to Secure Hosting WP and we will install security for your WordPress site. Our mission is to make sure your WordPress site is secured as much as possible by using a combination of tools and settings to keep your...
Even a WordPress site can be hacked without you knowing
As the most popular content management system online, WordPress websites are a common target for hackers, spammers, and other malicious parties. That is why it is vital to take measures to make your website more secure. The goal of most hackers is to infect your...
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Newest Version for WordPress Update Breaks Future Auto-Updates. Manually Update Now!
In the past week, WordPress has updated the version of WordPress to versions 4.9.2 and version 4.9.3 for security and bug fixes. WordPress 4.9.3 was released earlier this week and unfortunately, it broke the auto-update mechanism in WordPress. Sites running 4.9.2 were...
Wordfence 7 WordPress Security has a new Dashboard
See the new WordFence Dashboard look with the new updates this week. You should always use some type of security to keep your WordPress site secure. One of our Top 3 Security Plugins for WordPress called WordFence has a new look and dashboard with the new update this...
Update to WordPress Version 4.9.2 – Security Updates
It is always important to backup and do the WordPress core updates for your site. Most of the time, WordPress updates deal with ongoing security issues and bugs. This Version 4.9.2 deals with some security issues. See the WordPress Core Version4.9.2 Update Details...
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Update to WordPress 5.2
As always we encourage whenever there is a WordPress core update, that you back up your site and get your site updated to the newest version. These will help keep your site more secure. Whats about WordPress 5.2? Keeping Your WordPress Site Safe WordPress 5.2 gives...
Update your WordPress Version to 4.9.6 and your themes and plugins!
Lots of updates going on with WordPress lately. Wordpress needs to be updated on an ongoing basis to keep up with new features, work out bugs, and update for security reasons. This month WordPress updated to version 4.9.6 and plugins and themes will follow. Always...
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Newest Version for WordPress Update Breaks Future Auto-Updates. Manually Update Now!
In the past week, WordPress has updated the version of WordPress to versions 4.9.2 and version 4.9.3 for security and bug fixes. WordPress 4.9.3 was released earlier this week and unfortunately, it broke the auto-update mechanism in WordPress. Sites running 4.9.2 were...
8 Reasons Why Cybercrime Had a Banner Year – The LastPass Blog
The security industry has a habit of using terms like “ever-advancing” and “always-evolving” in relation to security threats like malware. After a while those terms seem more like throwaways considering the frequency of use. But then 2017 happened, and those...