Security News

Criminals Monetizing Attacks Against Unpatched WordPress Sites (Threatpost)
2017-02-22 21:46

Sites still vulnerable to a REST API endpoint flaw in WordPress are now being targeted by attackers trying to turn a profit.

1.5M Unpatched WordPress Sites Hacked Following Vulnerability Disclosure (Threatpost)
2017-02-10 16:45

WordPress security experts said that 1.5M sites have been defaced following the disclosure of a silently fixed content injection vulnerability.

Tens of thousands WordPress sites defaced, SEO spam to follow (Help Net Security)
2017-02-08 16:24

Attackers are actively exploiting the recently patched unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability in WordPress’ REST API to deface websites. Sucuri, the company that discovered the flaw...