The Mumblehard malware is turning Linux and BSD server into spam-spewing zombies. Security researchers at ESET have logged over 8,500 unique IP addresses during a seven-month research period looking into the junk-mail-linked malware menace. Mumblehard is made up of two different components. The first component is a generic backdoor that requests commands from its command...Read More
TheCartPress, an e-commerce plug-in used on thousands of WordPress-based websites, has several high-risk vulnerabilities. There are currently no fixes available for the flaws and, according to its developer, support for the plug-in will be discontinued on June 1st. The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to “execute arbitrary PHP code, disclose sensitive data, and perform Cross-Site Scripting...Read More
A frustrated Finnish security researcher has gone public with a vulnerability in WordPress that lets attackers hijack website admin accounts. The flaw was found by Jouko Pynnönen, and is a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug similar to one patched last week. It is buried within the widely used web publishing software’s comments system. The vulnerability is...Read More
WordPress 4.2 (Powell) has just landed and it’s jam packed with goodness for users and developers alike. Led by Drew Jaynes of 10up, the team of 283 contributors brings us dozens of new features and fixes a total of 231 bugs. The WordPress 4.2 release has been named Powell, after the jazz musician Bud Powell....Read More
Version 4.2 of WordPress is now available to download. The update has been labeled Powell in honor of jazz pianist Bud Powell, and comes with several useful new features. Not sure whether or not to update right away? Here’s a look at some of the benefits you’ll be getting. Easier Sharing via ‘Press This’Improvements to the...Read More
More than a dozen WordPress plugins have been updated to patch vulnerabilities that allow attackers to inject potentially dangerous commands into the browsers of people visiting trusted websites. Administrators responsible for WordPress sites should make sure the fixes are installed as soon as possible. The cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities make it possible for hackers to...Read More
Effectively managing your own passwords under any circumstances is hard work but managing your users’ passwords on a WordPress installation can become the job from hell. Say you’re the admin of a WordPress site and you have a variety of users with accounts on your system. You immediately have a problem because WordPress is insanely...Read More
WordPress is by far the most popular CMS today, with over 74.6 Million sites managed with the platform. The power of WordPress lies in the fact that it’s extremely flexible – you can do nearly anything you want (with zero coding) using the help of plugins. This include optimizing your SEO, and so here are some...Read More
If your small business is backing up WordPress only once in a while, then you’re not alone. In fact, a survey of 503 WordPress users released March 10 by CodeGuard, a provider of cloud-based website backup services, reveals that 47 percent of WordPress users backup their sites every few months while 21 percent back up WordPress “occasionallyâ€. This is...Read More
Anyone collecting data needs a place to put it. Harvard geneticist George Church felt that need acutely in the early days of his Personal Genome Project: It was the early 2000s, and he had the audacious goal of sequencing some 100,000 human genomes — each 25,000 times the size of a traditional electronic record. But though his vision was ripe,...Read More
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