Security News

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.

WordPress Patches XSS Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (SecurityWeek)
2015-05-08 13:10

WordPress: is it safe to use for my websites? (ZDNet)
2015-05-08 13:10

Millions of WordPress websites vulnerable to XSS bug (SC Magazine)
2015-05-07 21:10

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.

Millions of WordPress sites risk hijacking due to flaw in default theme (Help Net Security)
2015-05-07 12:41

Guess what? Unless your site is hosted by one of 11 specific web hosts, it's time to patch your WordPress installation again! Netsparker researchers have recently unearthed a vulnerability affecti...

Hackers target critical XSS vulnerability in millions of Wordpress sites (ZDNet)
2015-05-07 11:10

Attackers target new XSS in millions of WordPress sites (The Register)
2015-05-07 07:10

Attackers Actively Exploiting Flaw That Exposes Millions of WordPress Sites (SecurityWeek)
2015-05-06 19:10