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Wordfence Research and News
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Analysis: Methods and Monetization of a Botnet Attacking WordPress
At Wordfence we see a huge range of infection types every day as we help our customers repair hacked websites.
How the Wordfence Firewall Works
In April of 2016 Wordfence launched a full featured WordPress firewall.
The December 2016 WordPress Attack Activity Report
This week we are introducing something new. At the beginning of each month we will be doing a monthly WordPress security report.
Election Hack Report FAQ: What You Need to Know
On Friday we published an analysis of the FBI and DHS Grizzly Steppe report.
2016 for Wordfence: A Break-Through Year
2016 is drawing to a close and has been a very busy year for us at Wordfence.
Who is Really Behind the Ukrainian Brute Force Attacks?
Last Friday we published a report showing a significant increase in Brute Force Attacks.
Huge Increase in Brute Force Attacks in December and What to Do
Update: We posted a follow-up to this post on Monday December 19th which goes into more detail about the Ukraine IP block where these attacks originate from and we discuss possible Russia involvement.
5 Things to be Aware of When Buying WordPress Security
If you are new to WordPress or reevaluating your security strategy, you are overwhelmed by choice in today’s market.
Wordfence Blocks Username Harvesting via the New REST API in WP 4.7
WordPress 4.7 was released 6 days ago, on December 6th. It includes a REST API that will be used by many WordPress plugins, mobile apps, desktop applications, cloud services and even WordPress core in future.
Avoid Malware Scanners That Use Insecure Hashing
In this post I’m going to discuss a major problem that exists with several WordPress malware scanners: The use of weak hashing algorithms for good and bad file identification.
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