January 2016 WordPress Core, Plugins & Themes Vulnerabilities Roundup

In this first monthly roundup of WordPress core, plugins and themes reported vulnerabilities for 2017 we had a good number of WordPress plugins  and vulnerabilities reported. This vulnerabilities and security issues roundup is made possible through WP Security Bloggers, an aggregate of popular WordPress security blogs and websites that publish WordPress security news and updates.… Read More

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Best Practices for Secure Web Forms on Your WordPress Website

Contact and other type of web forms on websites are typically used to capture leads and build a mailing list for your business’ email marketing strategy. Web forms are also the most commonly exploited attack surface on websites, since they allow users to input data that is then stored into a database or some other… Read More

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December 2016 WordPress Core, Plugins & Themes Vulnerabilities Roundup

In this December 2016 monthly roundup of WordPress core, plugins and themes reported vulnerabilities we only have a few WordPress plugins vulnerabilities reported. This vulnerabilities and security issues roundup is made possible through WP Security Bloggers, an aggregate of popular WordPress security blogs and websites that publish WordPress security news and updates. Subscribe to the WP… Read More

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The Perception & Misconceptions of Automated Web Scanners on Security Weekly Show #492

Ther are many misconseptions surrounding black box web vulnerability scanners. Watch episode number 492 of the popular show Security Weekly during which Ferruh Mavituna, Larry Perce, Joff Thyer and the show’s host Paul Assadoorian discuss&nb… Continue reading The Perception & Misconceptions of Automated Web Scanners on Security Weekly Show #492

Restoring WordPress from a Backup

WordPress is a very simple web application. It is made up of a number of PHP files and a database, typically a MySQL database. The files are the actual web application and the database is where all the information such as users, blog posts, pages and other data is stored. The WordPress setup is so… Read More

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Restoring WordPress from a Backup

WordPress is a very simple web application. It is made up of a number of PHP files and a database, typically a MySQL database. The files are the actual web application and the database is where all the information such as users, blog posts, pages and other data is stored. The WordPress setup is so… Read More

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