Security News

Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Fixes XSS Bug (Threatpost)
2015-06-15 14:00

The Yoast WordPress SEO plugin, which has been downloaded more than 14 million times, has a serious cross-site scripting vulnerability that can allow an attacker to force a vulnerable site to...

Week in review: Illegal surveillance, WordPress insecurity, cheap computer kill switch (Help Net Security)
2015-05-11 05:12

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Securing the smart grid: European Network of Cyber Security Dr. Klaus Kursawe is the Chief Scientist at th...

WordPress Sites Backdoored, Leaking Credentials (Threatpost)
2015-05-08 15:37

Zscaler has discovered a number of WordPress sites that have been backdoored and sending credentials to a hacker-controlled website.

Vulnerabilities Identified in Two WordPress Plugins (Threatpost)
2015-05-07 16:38

Two vulnerabilities in two different WordPress plugins - an Arbitrary Variable Overwrite vulnerability in eShop, and an XSS vulnerability in Jetpack - were identified this week.