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New WordPress flaw lets unauthenticated remote attackers hack sites, Tesla allegedly spied on and ran a smear campaign on a whistleblower, Facebook and Instagram suffer most severe outage ever, a man drives 3,300 miles to talk to YouTube about a de… Continue reading Tesla, YouTube, & Sexy Selfies – Paul’s Security Weekly #597
If for some reason your WordPress-based website has not yet been automatically updated to the latest version 5.1.1, it’s highly recommended to immediately upgrade it before hackers could take advantage of a newly disclosed vulnerability to hack your we… Continue reading New WordPress Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Hack Sites
Hackers have been spotted targeting websites running unpatched versions of the WordPress plugin Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce. Continue reading Update now! WordPress abandoned cart plugin under attack
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Are you planning to hand over admin access of your WordPress site to someone else? You certainly need to take some steps to ensure the security of your WordPress website. Since your WordPress site is your creation and you have put in a lot of … Continue reading WordPress security: Steps to assess an employee before granting admin access On WordPress
Can a hacker determine what version of WordPress and PHP a site is using?
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I have to set up allow_url_fopen = Off and open_basedir = /my-wp-site/
But I cannot use wp-cli if I do that.
Any solution please?
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WordPress recently patched a long-running, potentially serious vulnerability in its core code. But a similar flaw in third-party plugins could still allow hackers to take over websites that use the popular publishing software, according to German web security company RIPS Technologies. Exploiting the vulnerability requires an attacker to have access to an account with “author” privileges for the target website — a common designation for WordPress users. Once logged in, a hacker could manipulate how WordPress reads and writes files in its image database, essentially tricking the software into saving a malicious script file into a directory that typically handles photos. “An attacker who gains access to an account with at least author privileges on a target WordPress site can execute arbitrary PHP code on the underlying server, leading to a full remote takeover,” RIPS researcher Simon Scannell wrote in a blog post Tuesday. The bug — which RIPS is categorizing as a “path traversal” vulnerability — is exploitable WordPress instances […]
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Exclusive — If you have not updated your website to the latest WordPress version 5.0.3, it’s a brilliant idea to upgrade the content management software of your site now. From now, I mean immediately.
Cybersecurity researchers at RIPS Technologies Gmb… Continue reading Critical Flaw Uncovered In WordPress That Remained Unpatched for 6 Years
How to fix malware attack error from Sucuri on WordPress website?
I am getting this malware attack error on my WordPress website:
Malware entry: rogueads.unwanted_ads Description: Varios malicious
injections that resul… Continue reading Malware Attack Error On WordPress Website [on hold]
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in a WordPress plug-in that was patched months ago without being publicly announced. A different vulnerability has been found in the same plug-in during a recent forensic investigation and has now been patched. I… Continue reading WordPress Sites Hacked Through Vulnerable Payment Forms Plug-in