Wordfence Archives - Page 13 of 21

Thousands of Hacked Home Routers are Attacking WordPress Sites

Update: By popular request, we have created a tool that lets you check if your own home router is vulnerable to the problems discussed in this post.

1.4 Million Attacks in 24 Hours: 32% Blocked by the New Blacklist

Last Friday we quietly launched a new Premium feature in Wordfence: A real-time IP blacklist that completely blocks known malicious IPs from accessing your website.

Remote Working: No Bad Hair Days at Wordfence

The core team at Wordfence is now 13 full-time employees, and with contractors we are a team of 29.

A Big Thank You to our Premium Customers for Powering Wordfence and Helping Secure the Community

At Wordfence we are intensely customer focused. A few years ago when we made our first non-founder hires, we hired two amazing people: Matt Barry and Tim Cantrell.

Wordfence In Depth: How Malware Becomes Scan Signatures

One of the most effective ways the Wordfence team keeps the WordPress community and customers secure is through something we call the ‘Threat Defense Feed’.

Rapid Growth in Defacements, Who was Hit, Who is Attacking

Yesterday we published numbers indicating how widespread the defacement campaign is targeting the REST-API vulnerability recently fixed in WordPress 4.7.2.

The January 2017 WordPress Attack Activity Report

Last month we introduced a monthly attack activity report. This report gives you an indication of attack trends during the past month and how they have changed.

XMLRPC or WP-Login: Which do Brute Force Attackers Prefer

At Wordfence we constantly analyze attack patterns to improve the protection our firewall and malware scan provides.

Announcing Wordfence 6.3.0 – Exciting Improvements

This morning I’m very excited to announce the release of Wordfence 6.3.0.

Do You Need a WordPress Security Plugin?

At Wordfence we are a big team these days with millions of customers, and we think about security all day long.

Wordfence Research and News