On October 17, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began monitoring for activity targeting CVE-2022-42889, or “Text4Shell” on our network...
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Two Weeks of Monitoring ProxyNotShell (CVE-2022-41040 & CVE-2022-41082) Threat Activity
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been monitoring exploit attempts targeting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server...
Patch Now: The WordPress 6.0.3 Security Update Contains Important Fixes
The WordPress 6.0.3 Security Update contains patches for a large number of vulnerabilities, most of which are low in severity or require a highly...
Threat Advisory: CVE-2022-40684 Fortinet Appliance Auth bypass
This morning, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began tracking exploit attempts targeting CVE-2022-40684 on our network of over 4 million...
National Cyber Security Awareness Month: You Could Be the Biggest Threat to Your WordPress Site
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the U.S., and this year’s theme is “See Yourself in Cyber.” What is really being said by this...
Wordfence 7.7.0 Is Out! Here Are The Changes
Wordfence 7.7.0 has just been released and as usual, it includes several awesome enhancements and updates for our security conscious WordPress...
Cross-Site Scripting: The Real WordPress Supervillain
Vulnerabilities are a fact of life for anyone managing a website, even when using a well-established content management system like WordPress. Not...
PSA: Zero-Day Vulnerability in WPGateway Actively Exploited in the Wild
On September 8, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team became aware of an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability being used to add a...
PSA: Nearly 5 Million Attacks Blocked Targeting 0-Day in BackupBuddy Plugin
Late evening, on September 6, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team was alerted to the presence of a vulnerability being actively exploited...
WordPress Core 6.0.2 Security & Maintenance Release – What You Need to Know
On August 30, 2022, the WordPress core team released WordPress version 6.0.2, which contains patches for 3 vulnerabilities, including a High...