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Wordfence Research and News
Category: WordPress Security
5 Security Questions For Your Hosting Company
In the past month, our forensic analysts ran into two situations where we saw a significant number of site cleaning customers, all from the same hosting companies, all with the same malware.
Support End-to-End Encryption on the Web
The Wordfence Team would like to encourage website owners and Internet users to support end-to-end encryption on the Web.
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.
Wordfence Launches Real-Time IP Blacklist for Premium Customers
Today we are very excited to announce that we have launched a real-time IP blacklist for Wordfence Premium customers.
WordPress 4.7.3 Security Release – Upgrade ASAP
WordPress 4.7.3 has just been released. It is the third in a series of recent security releases for WordPress core.
Clef Two Factor Authentication is Shutting Down
This morning, two-factor authentication plugin Clef, also known as GetClef, announced that they are shutting down.
The February 2017 WordPress Attack Report
Today we are releasing the WordPress attack report for February 2017.
In-Depth Analysis of a Criminal Organization Targeting WordPress Websites
Today we are posting an in-depth analysis of a prolific brute force attacker.
Cloudflare Data Leak: How to Secure Your Site
Cloudflare has experienced a data leak over a 5 month period that mixed sensitive data between websites and visitors.
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.
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