WP Security Basics

In the first article in this series I gave some background information on the scale of cyber-crime and looked at the different ways hackers can steal your usernames and passwords. Theft and misuse of usernames and passwords is one of three principle ways websites get hacked. The other two are: Software vulnerabilitiesThird party software integration… Read more

Just heard from the guys at WordFence that Mozilla released an advisory explaining that nine security flaws had been discovered in Firefox 61. A new version had been released, and as long as you have automatic updates enabled Firefox will update itself. If you don’t have automatic updates enabled then you will need to do… Read more

The guys over at Sucuri have warned that a phishing attack is currently being run on WordPress websites. It appears that WordPress users are receiving an email that looks like an official email from WordPress, telling the recipients that their website database is out of date and needs to be updated. Here’s a version: There… Read more

Three types of WordPress hacks I’ve said elsewhere on this site that cyber-crime is probably the only real growth industry around today. The scale of it is daunting. So this and the next 2 articles will look at how websites get hacked and, in particular, the three broad types of hack that affect WordPress websites… Read more

Hackers redirected WordPress sites to other pages Sucuri reports that a major attack on WordPress websites took place during August. You can read the technical details on the Sucuri blog. In this attack the hackers inserted scripts that redirected site visitors to random pages that contained a fake Google reCAPTCHA image. The visitors were encouraged… Read more