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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...
3 Top Security Plugins for WordPress
Overall WordPress is secure and is our number one resource recommendations for content management systems. With all of the WordPress updates, we feel it is most secure to use. However, the ongoing threats of hacking into Wordpress sites is a constant threat. WordPress...
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...
WordPress Supply Chain Attacks: An Emerging Threat – WordFence Announces
Wordfence announces new threats on WordPress sites on Jan 3rd, 2018 - As always we encourage extra security for your WordPress site. These should come from dedicated security providers and specifically for WordPress sites. From Wordfence on Jan. 3rd, 2018 In the last...
Massive Cryptomining Campaign Targeting WordPress Sites – WordFence Warns!
On Monday we wrote about the massive spike in brute force attacks on WordPress sites that Wordfence observed. As reported, it was the most intense period of attacks they had ever recorded. They believe that a single botnet is behind the attacks. The Following From...
Backdoor in Captcha Plugin Affects 300K WordPress Sites – Wordfence Warns
The WordPress repository recently removed the plugin Captcha over what initially appeared to be a trademark issue with the current author using “WordPress” [Editors note: the original page has been removed, we’re now linking to a screen shot.] in their brand name....
Breaking: Aggressive WordPress Brute Force Attack Campaign Started Today, 3am UTC
A massive distributed brute force attack campaign targeting WordPress sites started this morning at 3am Universal Time, 7pm Pacific Time. The attack is broad in that it uses a large number of attacking IPs, and is also deep in that each IP is generating a huge number...
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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...
Subscribe to Important Notifications
Subscribing to specials, updates, security information just got easy! The team at Secure Hosting WP wants to make sure we make securing your WordPress or any other platform you choose on Secure Hosting WP as easy as possible now by giving you desktop or mobile push...
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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...