WordPress Security Updates: July 2020
This monthly report is provided for the WordPress community at large from Pagely’s head of security, Robert Rowley. Rowley and the entire security team keep their finger on the pulse […] Source: Security Feed
Critical Vulnerability Exposes over 700,000 Sites Using Divi, Extra, and Divi Builder
iThemes Security Pro Feature Spotlight – Local Brute Force Protection & Banned Users
In the Feature Spotlight posts, we highlight a feature in iThemes Security Pro and share a bit about why we developed the feature, who the feature is for, and how to use the feature. Today we are going to cover Local Brute Force Protection and Banned Users, two great...Newsletter Plugin Vulnerabilities Affect Over 300,000 Sites
The Month in WordPress: July 2020
July was an action-packed month for the WordPress project. The month saw a lot of updates on one of the most anticipated releases – WordPress 5.5! WordCamp US 2020 was canceled and the WordPress community team started experimenting with different formats for...Episode 80: Critical File Upload Vulnerability in wpDiscuz Plugin
In this week’s news, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in the wpDiscuz plugin, affecting over 80,000 WordPress sites. A blind SQL injection attack affected analytics service Waydev, exposing OAuth tokens for GitHub repositories for software...
Attacking and Enumerating Joomla
Discover the tips and techniques used to attack and break into Joomla based websites. An understanding of these hacker techniques will enable you to be prepared to keep your sites secure. Additionally, penetration testers or red teams needing to exploit Joomla targets...