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Friday Long Read: What To Do About AI

This is a Friday long-read, so grab a warm cup of something and kick back because we’re going to take our time on this. The world is about to profoundly change. I know you’re nervous – perhaps excited and optimistic, but if you’ve been paying attention and have been watching the trajectory of this thing, …
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Trump Campaign Site Hacked – What We Know & Lessons Learned

On October 27, 2020 at approximately 4:50pm Mountain Time, Donald Trump’s campaign website, www.donaldjtrump.com, was defaced.

WordCamp Phoenix Recap

The first WordCamp for 2019 took place this past weekend in Phoenix, Arizona with nearly 700 attendees, and we were delighted to be involved.

WordCamp US Recap

WordCamp US was held in Nashville, Tennessee this year. We sponsored the event, had a booth and of course provided lock picking lessons, as has become our tradition at WordCamps.

WordPress 5.0: How and When to Update

WordPress 5.0 is being released tomorrow, December 6th. This release contains a major change to the WordPress editor.

Defiant’s Top 5 Spooky Security Jokes

Among a plethora of reasons to enjoy working here, we at Defiant are particularly vocal about our love for the remote office.

Breaking Out of Shells at DerbyCon

I downloaded my first copy of BackTrack when I was 13.

Known WordPress Threat Actor Under Investigation For Prescription-Free Online Pharmacy

Last September we published a series of three blog posts exposing a threat actor who had purchased a number of WordPress plugins as part of an elaborate supply chain attack.

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.

Remote Working: No Bad Hair Days at Wordfence

The core team at Wordfence is now 13 full-time employees, and with contractors we are a team of 29.

Wordfence Research and News