WordPress Security News & Updates

WordPress Patch & Vulnerability Round up March 2023

WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup March 2023

Cesar Anjos
March 30, 2023

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes…

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Critical Vulnerability Discovered in WooCommerce Payments

Ben Martin
March 23, 2023

On March 22nd, 2023 a critical vulnerability was discovered within the WooCommerce Payments plugin – an extremely popular eCommerce payment plugin for WordPress with over…

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WooCommerce Credit Card Skimmer Reveals Tampered Plugin

Ben Martin
March 21, 2023

Disclaimer: The malware infection described in this article does not affect the software plugin as a whole and does not indicate any vulnerabilities or security…

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How to Find & Fix the WordPress Pharma Hack

Rianna MacLeod
March 14, 2023

Finding bogus content and unexpected links for prescription drugs on your WordPress website can be a frustrating experience. But don’t blame your site: it just…

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Magbo Spam Injection Encoded with hex2bin

Ben Martin
March 3, 2023

We recently had a new client come to us with a rather peculiar issue on their WordPress website: They were receiving unwanted popup advertisements but…

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WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup February 2023

Cesar Anjos
February 27, 2023

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Attackers Abuse Cron Jobs to Reinfect Websites

Ben Martin
February 21, 2023

Malicious cron jobs are nothing new; we’ve seen attackers use them quite frequently to reinfect websites. However, in recent months we’ve noticed a distinctive new…

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The dangers of installing nulled wordpress plugins and themes

The Dangers of Installing Nulled WordPress Themes & Plugins

Nathan Chaddock
February 16, 2023

Nulled WordPress themes and plugins are a controversial topic for many in the web development world — and arguably one of the bigger threats to…

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Konami Code Backdoor Concealed in front.jpeg Image

Konami Code Backdoor Concealed in Image

Ben Martin
February 2, 2023

Attackers are always looking for new ways to conceal their malware and evade detection, whether it’s through new forms of obfuscation, concatenation, or — in…

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