Mark Maunder, Author at Wordfence

GoDaddy Breached – Plaintext Passwords – 1.2M Affected

There is an update available here: GoDaddy Breach Widens to tsoHost, Media Temple, 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet, and Host Europe This morning, GoDaddy disclosed that an unknown attacker had gained unauthorized access to the system used to provision the company’s Managed WordPress sites, impacting up to 1.2 million of their WordPress customers.

PSA: Widespread Remote Working Scam Underway

I’ve just gotten off the phone with a victim of the scam that I’m about to describe.

It’s Not You. It’s Them. On Hacking and Responsible Disclosure.

A story was recently posted to Hacker News celebrating a hack of IoT devices at a school that let a student and their friends rickroll the school via a video system.

Wordfence Helps Enable Education in Uganda

I want to share something very exciting and truly wonderful with you all today.

Terms of Use Violation

Wordfence is used by millions of free and paid customers around the world to secure their WordPress websites.

Trump Campaign Site Hacked – What We Know & Lessons Learned

On October 27, 2020 at approximately 4:50pm Mountain Time, Donald Trump’s campaign website, www.donaldjtrump.com, was defaced.

COVID-19 and WordPress Community Engagement in 2020

This is an update regarding Wordfence’s community engagement in 2020 along with a recommendation for WordCamps globally and for the global WordPress community.