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Three Incident Response Preparations You Should Be Making

In the context of cybersecurity, the adage “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is a massive understatement. Make no mistake, the easiest way to handle a security incident is to prevent it from ever happening in the first place. We continually remind our readers about security best practices because the time …
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Details of an Additional File Deletion Vulnerability – Patched in WordPress 4.9.7

Today WordPress released version 4.9.7, a security release which addresses two separate arbitrary file deletion vulnerabilities requiring Author privileges.

The WPSetup Attack: New Campaign Targets Fresh WordPress Installs

At Wordfence, we track millions of attacks from a wide variety of sources every day.

Get Rid of Data to Help Secure It

Last week I spent some time chatting with Mike Dahn who is the co-founder of the BSides information security conferences globally.