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Flawed WordPress plugin allows hackers to steal your database

04

Jul

2017

A critical flaw in the WP Statistics plugin used by more than 300,000 WordPress sites can be exploited by thieves out for your database, researchers showed. Site administrators using an outdated plugin are at risk. While working on WordPress plugin WP Statistics as part of a vulnerability assessment for their firewall offering, Sucuri researchers discovered […]

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FBI catches mail bomber in dark web covert operation

04

Jul

2017

Clinton Scott Bass, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in April to charges of purchasing explosives on a dark web marketplace to kill or harm a human target, according to documentation dug up by Forbes. His plan would have worked out, if the bomb supplier weren’t actually an undercover FBI agent. Because of its anonymity, the dark […]

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Going Through a Rough Patch in Your Security Program? Consistent Software Patching Can Solve Security Woes

04

Jul

2017

Security is an imperfect art. It’s also an imperfect science. Whether it involves experimenting with certain tweaks or implementing proven standards and prescriptive advice, figuring out how to manage a security program is as complex as navigating any other business function. According to the Pareto Principle, security professionals should focus on the 20 percent of […]

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