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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google
1) Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has given an update that all those who are using Adobe products and services should be cautious, as hackers can easily hack their systems by exploiting multiple vulnerabilities in the software. According to CERT-In, the attacker can gain access to admin privileges, execute arbitrary codes and write arbitrary […]
How to save your WordPress website from Cyber Attacks with Plugins
If you are thinking to save your WordPress websites from Cyberattacks such as Brute Force Logins and Spam then you need to use the following free plugins- WordPress Firewall- This plugins filters all suspicious web requests and also can detect SQL Injection attacks. As this plugin has the potential to whitelist and blacklist contents, comments […]
WordPress and Joomla websites serving ransomware
Research conducted by Cloud-based Information security company Zscaler says that websites which are built on WordPress and Joomla backgrounds are now reportedly acting as platforms to distribute ransomware and phishing links to hackers. Zscaler security experts say that cyber crooks are exploiting the vulnerabilities exhibited by the said platforms to serve Shade ransomware and other […]
Ransomware news on LG Service Centers and WordPress sites!
Early this week, hackers targeted LG service center at Seoul with ransomware leading to the lock down of the database with a malicious code. Experts say that the malware could be a renewed version of Wannacry attack which took place in May this year. LG admitted the news reported by media sources as a fact […]
WordPress vulnerability – Privilege Escalation and Content Injection
This post was originally published here by emily gladstone cole. On Thursday January 26th, 2017 the WordPress support team released WordPress 4.7.2. On Wednesday February 1st, 2017 they disclosed an additional vulnerability within the REST API of WordPress that had been fixed with the 4.7.2 release. The vulnerability we are concerned with is a Privilege Escalation and Content […]
