Updates on CyberSecurity, WordPress and what we're cooking in the lab today.

In August, most of our team attended DefCon, a hacker conference in Las Vegas attended by tens of thousands of security professionals. All of us work remotely, so it is always really special to spend time together as a team....read more

This year we have been very focused on the needs of agencies and other organizations with lots of sites to protect. We’ve spoken with many of you and have a clear picture of what we can do to make Wordfence work even better for you....read more

As you're probably aware, Wordfence's Security Services Team (SST) provides world-class remediation services in the event that your site falls victim to malicious activity.  Our analysts combine their considerable expertise with the best threat intelligence in the industry to deliver results we're consistently proud to stand behind. To be clear, the word "consistently" is used deliberately here, as the continued reliability of our services is crucial in maintaining the trust placed in us by our users....read more

Today WordPress released version 4.9.7, a security release which addresses two separate arbitrary file deletion vulnerabilities requiring Author privileges. Some details can be found on the WordPress.org blog....read more

As a part of the Wordfence Client Partner initiative, we’ve recently had some in depth conversations with organizations using Wordfence at scale. These conversations have been enlightening, and we wanted to share some of the stories we’ve heard about how different organizations use Wordfence....read more

Two weeks ago we announced the release of a new Wordfence feature that automatically allows Wordfence Premium customers to use their premium license key to secure a specific list of staging, development or test subdomains. This week we've taken that a step further, releasing a feature to allow your Wordfence Premium license to secure custom staging, development and staging domains....read more

For our premium customers using staging, development, or test subdomains for managing their site’s updates and development, we are happy to announce the ability to utilize premium licenses across subdomains for a premium installation of Wordfence....read more

Today the team at Defiant completed the required steps to make our organization and services GDPR compliant....read more

When we think about Wordfence and how it improves your WordPress security posture, there are two core features we tend to focus on: the firewall, and the security scanner. As the first layer of defense, the Wordfence firewall gets the most attention because it blocks hackers from gaining access. But, the scanner plays an equally important role, alerting you to myriad of security findings that help you keep your site secure and respond quickly if you get hacked....read more

Update: Wordfence is now GDPR compliant. Click here to learn more....read more