Having a secure WordPress site does not need to be a challenge. Hardening a website means adding security layers to reduce the risks of attacks and hacks. 6 ways to Harden WordPress Security You can harden your WordPress site by…
Over the past few months, a lot of website owners have received “uncommon download” warnings from Google Search Console. These warnings can be vague, often lacking specific information about where the download is, exactly. Don’t panic — a lot of…
Chloe Chamberland never wanted to get into security, and yet in the last three years, she has emerged as one of our most effective and prolific threat researchers. Not only does she find vulnerabilities in numerous popular plugins, she also…
One of the most common attacks carried out nowadays is related to cracking passwords, but most people probably just know about brute-forcing. There are, in fact, other kinds of attacks around passwords. Let’s take a look at three kinds of…
Description: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution Affected Plugin: Code Snippets Affected Versions: <= 2.13.3 CVE ID: CVE-2020-8417 CVSS Score: 8.8 (High) CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Patched Version: 2.14.0 On January 23rd, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in…
The threat landscape for website owners is constantly shifting on a regular basis — and it’s becoming increasingly more complex. As attackers continue to develop tools and find new vulnerabilities to massively exploit, our team works diligently around the clock…
Cybercriminals regularly try a variety of approaches to hide their malicious code — web skimmers are well known for using all sorts of obfuscation and masquerading. Suspicious Img Tag Our malware analyst Liam Smith recently discovered a suspicious looking image…
Continuing a series on how to better strengthen your personal online privacy, we are looking to take personal inventory of how we connect online. These were themes covered during our webinar “Security Beyond Your Website: Personal Online Privacy” and in…