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Wordfence Research and News
Category: General Security
Analyzing Attack Data and Trends Targeting Log4J
The Log4j vulnerability, initially reported in November 2021, has affected millions of devices and applications around the world.
Securing Port 443: The Gateway To A New Universe
At Wordfence our business is to secure over 4 million WordPress websites and keep them secure.
Top Five Attacking IPs This Month: Their Locations May Not Be Where You Think
At Wordfence, we see large amounts of threat actor data, and often that data tells unexpected stories.
The Cybersecurity CIA Triad: What You Need to Know as a WordPress Site Owner
One of the core concepts of cybersecurity is known as the CIA Triad.
We’re Now Blocking 10,000 Requests Per Hour in Ukraine From Known Malicious IPs
48 hours ago we deployed our commercial real-time threat intelligence automatically, and for free, to all Ukrainian websites with the .UA top-level domain.
Entering a Higher State of Vigilance – Ukraine Under Attack
It appears that Russia has just commenced the invasion of Ukraine.
GoDaddy Breach Widens to tsoHost, Media Temple, 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet, and Host Europe
Yesterday GoDaddy disclosed a massive data breach impacting over 1.2 Million customers.
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.
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