Collaborate Disseminate
I’m building a malware scanner as a plugin for Wordpress and really want to know the best approaches for this problem.
Normally, for finding malware in my own server, I use YARA rules with my python script to scan all suspected directories… Continue reading How to integrate YARA rules into a WordPress plugin [closed]
I’m working with a nonprofit that wants to use CiviCRM to process its donor, member, and patron personal information. Civi is CMS-based, and will only run via WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.
Newb question: If I set up WordPress on localh… Continue reading Is using localhost for sensitive data secure?
A million sites attacked by 20,000 different computers. Continue reading Botnet blasts WordPress sites with configuration download attacks
A threat actor that attempted to insert a backdoor into nearly a million WordPress-based sites in early May (and continued to try throughout the month), tried to grab WordPress configuration files of 1.3 million sites at the end on the same month. In b… Continue reading Attackers tried to grab WordPress configuration files from over a million sites
An attack over the weekend unsuccessfully targeted 1.3 million WordPress websites, in attempts to download their configuration files and harvest database credentials. Continue reading Attackers Target 1M+ WordPress Sites To Harvest Database Credentials
Apart from all the other security and design flaws of Wordpress, there is 1 point that particularly got my attention: “Automatic Backups”.
These are saved inside the Wordpress directory. If you ask me, this seems wrong. Cant a hacker down… Continue reading WordPress Backups and Security
By Deeba Ahmed
It total, 2,700 Joomla user records were exposed, Hackread.com has learned.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Joomla suffers security breach exposing user records
Continue reading Joomla suffers security breach exposing user records
I came upon this script just by luck, actually. Ironically, it’s stored in a protected folder on my website and I don’t think
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$catches =’r’; $comforter =’$r)ciEVi’; $heroin = ‘SgD’;
$intimal = ‘T’; $eldin = ‘e’;$introspections= … Continue reading How do I go about decoding this malicious PHP script? [duplicate]
In episode 121 for May 18th 2020: A new Thunderbolt flaw could let hackers steal your data in under five minutes, new vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin, and details on why the US Senate just rejected a plan to require a warrant to obtain Am… Continue reading Thunderbolt Flaws, WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities, Patriot Act Vote
Severe CSRF to XSS bugs open the door to code execution and complete website compromise. Continue reading WordPress Page Builder Plugin Bugs Threaten 1 Million Sites with Full Takeover