Mark Maunder, Author at Wordfence

Hacked by an 11 Year Old

The Wordfence team recently sponsored and attended WordCamp Atlanta. Instead of doing the usual boring corporate thing with our booth, we decided to host a capture the flag, or CTF contest.

Solved: Jetpack Generating Mysterious Admin Email Change Messages

We’ve received quite a few questions about this in the past 24 hours, either via forums, email or twitter.

Is WordPress Secure?

I recently got a call from a friend I haven’t seen for a while asking me if I’d like to grab a coffee.

PSA: Lessons From The Atlanta Ransomware Situation

In the past few days the City of Atlanta has been hit with a ransomware attack.

PSA: Replace Your SSL/TLS Certs by Symantec, Thawte, VeriSign, Equifax, GeoTrust and RapidSSL

This is a public service announcement and a reminder to site owners.

New Guides From Wordfence To Help Clean a Hacked Website

At Wordfence, one of our goals is to empower you as much as possible to be self-sufficient, at no additional cost.

Cryptomining Supply Chain Attack Hits Government Websites

In the past 24 hours, Security researcher Scott Helme discovered that a third party accessibility plugin called ‘Browsealoud’ had their servers compromised.