Mark Maunder, Author at Wordfence

Wordfence Launches Short-Circuit Scan Signatures – Up to 6X Performance Increase

In October 2016, the Wordfence team started chatting about a way to radically boost the speed of scans once we grow beyond a certain number of scan signatures.

The Benefits of Wordfence Premium

On April 21 this year, Wordfence celebrated our fifth year making the world’s best firewall and malware scan for WordPress.

Dreamhost is Under DDoS Attack

Dreamhost is currently experiencing a DDoS attack. I am updating this post in real-time as the situation unfolds.

Which Wordfence Firewall Rules Are Most Effective?

Part of the threat intelligence work we do at Wordfence is to constantly analyze the performance of our own firewall rules to determine what is effective and to identify existing and emerging attack trends.

PSA: 4.8 Million Affected by Chrome Extension Attacks Targeting Site Owners

This is a public service announcement from the Wordfence team regarding a security issue that has a wide impact.

Ransomware Targeting WordPress – An Emerging Threat

Recently, the Wordfence team has seen ransomware being used in attacks targeting WordPress.

TrafficTrade Infection Spreading – How to Protect Yourself and Detect TrafficTrade

We have seen a significant increase in the number of websites affected by malware we refer to as ‘TrafficTrade’.

Why Choose An Endpoint Firewall Like Wordfence

When choosing a firewall for your WordPress website to protect it against attacks, you have a handful of choices.

Hackers Find Fresh WordPress Sites Within 30 Minutes

Last week our team attended Black Hat and DefCon in Las Vegas, two of the biggest information security conferences on earth.

If You Use This Script, You’ve Probably Already Been Hacked

Hacking Made Easy Several years ago, web publishing company Interconnect/IT released a handy tool for finding and replacing text in a website’s database.

Wordfence Research and News