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Security vulnerabilities affecting different WordPress plugins saw a 142% increase in 2021 compared to the year before, experts have revealed. Analyzing the state of the WordPress ecosystem, which includes some 58,000 free plugins, as well as “tens of thousands” more available for purchase, Risk Based Security say the spike in the vulnerabilities to hit 2,240 […]

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Skimmers and other threat actors are backdooring websites, and WordPress instances in particular, according to a recently released report. Researchers at Sucuri say attackers have developed methods to make sure that their grip on the infected site is not easily removed by applying the next update. They create a backdoor for themselves so they can […]

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The Thrive Themes represent a collection of themes and plugins that provide WordPress administrators with the means to quickly customize their websites. Two vulnerabilities that the Thrive Themes team addressed earlier this month are currently being targeted in live attacks to upload arbitrary files to vulnerable websites, and provide attackers with backdoor control to them. […]

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