Security News > 2015 > April

WordPress Ecommerce Plugin Vulnerability Details Disclosed (Threatpost)
2015-04-29 18:28

Details on a number of unpatched vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress ecommerce plugin called CartPress were disclosed.

A Year Later, XSS Vulnerability Still Exists in eBay (Threatpost)
2015-04-29 18:27

A potentially dangerous XSS vulnerability has existed in eBay for more than a year and it doesn’t appear the company is a rush to fix the issue.

OpenSSL Past, Present and Future (Threatpost)
2015-04-29 17:06

Heartbleed made the world notice what kind of shape OpenSSL development was in from a financial and resources standpoint. In the year since, the project has been funded enough to hire full-time...

Google Releases Password Alert Extension for Chrome (Threatpost)
2015-04-29 16:14

Google is rolling out a new extension for Chrome that will monitor users’ logins and warn them if they enter a Google password on a non-Google page, a move designed to help protect users against...

5,000+ e-commerce sites at risk due to buggy WordPress plugin (Help Net Security)
2015-04-29 15:07

A popular WordPress e-commerce plugin that is actively used on over 5,000 websites contains high-risk vulnerabilities that can be exploited to compromise customers' data, execute arbitrary PHP code, a...

Macro-Enabled Malware Making a Comeback (Threatpost)
2015-04-29 14:28

Malware that uses macros as part of its infection method has been around for more than a decade, and was one of the first major techniques to drive changes at software vendors such as Microsoft....

How I Got Here: Jennifer Leggio (Threatpost)
2015-04-29 12:54

Dennis Fisher talks with Jennifer Leggio, a longtime player in security PR and marketing, about her start as an obituary writer in Southern California, her move into tech in the Bay Area, what she...

Fraudsters steal millions from Ryanair account (Help Net Security)
2015-04-29 10:49

Fraudsters have apparently managed to syphon some 4.5 million euros (about $5 million) out of a bank account belonging to Ryanair, Europe's biggest low-cost airline. According to the Independent, t...