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Outdated WordPress websites are sitting ducks

07

Sep

2015

Content Management systems (CMS) have become an attractive target for #hackers who aim to #exploit #vulnerabilities in the popular blogging platform #wordpress. Globally, more than 20 percent of WordPress based-websites are running older core versions. #outdated WordPress plugins are also at high #risk. All WordPress sites that are running core version 4.2.3 or below are […]

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Insider Trading Hacking Ring Exposes Security Shortcomings

18

Aug

2015

Recently, an international hacking ring was discovered to have stolen more than $100 million. The sophisticated plan demonstrated ingenuity on the part of the attackers. They exploited a core vulnerability of the financial system in one of the digital age’s insider trading schemes, according to one news report. This is the first U.S. prosecuted criminal […]

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Hackers exploit OS X zero-day vulnerability

05

Aug

2015

Hackers have been taking advantage of a serious zero-day vulnerability in the latest version of Apple’s OS X (Yosemite), allowing them to install malware and adware on Macs without the need of a password or administrative privileges. Malwarebytes reported yesterday (Monday 3rd August) that one of its experts had found the first known exploit of […]

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