Episode 93: Nitro Documents on the Dark Web and Botnets Targeting Older Vulnerabilities
We cover a couple of breaking stories this week, including the emergency release of WordPress 5.5.3 on Friday, October 30. In preparation for this, a number of sites autoupdated to version 5.5.3-alpha. We also look at the the defacement of the Trump Campaign website,...Emergency WP 5.5.3 Release
The WordPress core team has released an emergency release of WordPress 5.5.3, just one day after the release of version 5.5.2. This emergency release was done to remedy an issue introduced in WordPress 5.5.2 making it impossible to install WordPress on a brand new...WordPress 5.5.3 Maintenance Release
WordPress 5.5.3 is now available. This maintenance release fixes an issue introduced in WordPress 5.5.2 which makes it impossible to install WordPress on a brand new website that does not have a database connection configured. This release does not affect sites...
Reflected XSS in WordPress v5.5.1 and Lower
WordPress released version 5.5.2 yesterday, which fixed a reflected XSS vulnerability we reported earlier this year. The root cause of this issue is a bug in the way WordPress determines a user’s current page, and which may cause a few other problems as well. Are You...
Bridging the Gap Between Application and Network Security with CleanBrowsing
When we started Sucuri we set out to make enterprise security accessible, affordable, and effective for every day webmasters. It was at a time when open-source platforms like WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, and others were changing the web landscape. With them came an...
Why WordPress admin notices matter (and how to manage them effectively)
Every time you log into the WordPress dashboard, you are probably greeted with a few message at the top of your screen. These messages are called WordPress admin notices. Contrary to what many WordPress users might think – that they’re an annoyance without an ‘off’...![Monthly WordPress Security Roundup [October 2020]](https://www.wordpress-doktor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Astra-Firewall-Scanner-1-1080x675.png)