In the world of cyber crime getting access to web sites that are powered by a popular software like WordPress opens doors to large scale attacks or perhaps to ransomware revenue. WordPress has over 40% market share of web site software which makes it a very attractive target. A new … Read >
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Top 10 most exploited software security holes hide in office documents
People who work with open source software tend to be concerned about vulnerabilities in WordPress, Java and other popular products, but criminals and spies who want direct access inside a business or government organization prefer exploiting security holes in office documents. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) … Read >
Unsurprisingly, also open source software has vulnerabilities – here are some trends
Open source software products are often regarded safer and less vulnerable to malicious hacking than propriety software. The principle of showing the actual program code to the world and allowing other people and organizations to run the software is a valid method to discover potential problems. It is always a … Read >
WordPress news summary: best security practices, alternatives to Google Analytics, WordPress 5.3 beta
WordPress software, admin and security news
45 Fascinating WordPress Statistics for 2019
Fresh numbers on the growing popularity of WordPress. Who knew that Wednesday is the day when the software is downloaded most frequently, and on Fridays downloaders have better things to do than think about WordPress.
90 percent of hacked web sites were powered by WordPress
WordPress is so popular software package for online publications, e-commerce, business sites, blogs, and all types of web sites that it has the major problem that comes with success: hackers. Sucuri, a business specialized in web site security, analyzed infected web sites that they had restored in 2018. WordPress was … Read >