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Wordfence Research and News
Category: WordPress Security
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.
Ransomware Targeting WordPress – An Emerging Threat
Recently, the Wordfence team has seen ransomware being used in attacks targeting WordPress.
The July 2017 WordPress Attack Report
This post is a continuation of the WordPress Attack Report series we’ve been publishing since December 2016.
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.
Gravityscan Introduces Free Daily Security Monitoring With Trust Badge
Today our team is launching a very exciting program at Gravityscan: a free trust badge program for your website that comes with daily security monitoring.
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