Category Archives: community

Official WordPress Plugin Directory – Forcing Plugin Updates

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Dre Armeda

For some while we have wondered what happens when a plugin is removed from the official WordPress plugin directory for security reasons. Historically, we haven’t seen much of anything happen – no notification to users, no official blog post, nothing … Read more


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New WooThemes Vulnerability Patched – Update Framework Now!

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Tony Perez

Yesterday a vulnerability on the WooThemes Framework was disclosed by Jason Gill on githumb:gist. The vulnerability allows a visitor to see and run the output of any shortcode configured on the WordPress site. At this time this does not appear to … Read more


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Ransomware Malware on the Web?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Tony Perez

As the week comes to a close I wanted to take a minute to talk about something we haven’t yet – Ransomware Malware. The idea came from a case this week where a client was defaced. Instead of engaging the … Read more


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Ask Sucuri: What should I know when engaging a Web Malware Company?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Tony Perez

We work in a business in which it is always chaos. In most situations the client is often distraught, vulnerable, and is plagued with this feeling of being out of control. It is the business of web malware cleanup. The … Read more


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Web Malware Trends and the Mac Flashfake / Flashback Outbreak

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Tony Perez

This has been an interesting couple of weeks in the Anti-Virus world, specifically in the malware business for notebooks and desktops running the MAC OS. Securelist put out a very interesting post yesterday talking to the anatomy of the Flashfake / … Read more


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Better Engagement and Giving Back

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Tony Perez

Hi folks, we’re really excited about 2012, specifically because of our goal to give back more. This is in line with our core theme, to help the end-user better secure their environments. Things are not always perfect, but we strive to be … Read more


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