I have quite a lot of WordPress based websites which I run and maintain. One of these is this blog: www.SorinMustaca.com All my WordPress websites are configured to autoupdate to the latest WordPress update. The same applies to their plugins and themes. Google Search Console (GSC) is a tool I used to manage better the […]
This release addresses six issues, including three cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential SQL injection that could be used to compromise a site. Read more here: https://wordpress.org/news/2015/08/wordpress-4-2-4-security-and-maintenance-release/ WordPress 4.2.4 also fixes four bugs. For more information, see the release notes or consult the list of changes. If you have your site already at WordPress 4.x and it is properly configured, […]
I wrote in the post Do you really know who’s visiting your website? about how often hackers probe my websites. IT Security News has of today this: 5,914 blocked malicious login attempts / was 2092 on May 8th 2,182 spam comments blocked by Akismet. / was 2115 on May 8th The login attempts more than doubled in just 5 […]
We live in the world of Analytics where words like “Big Data” are everywhere to be seen. But, are you really sure that the visitors of your website or blog are really interested in your content? A few years ago, maybe… But now, the cybercriminals, or more exactly their bots, are trying to gain access […]
My first article published on Kevin Townsend‘s ITSecurity.co.uk blog: Blog comment spam. Is it worth the effort? or go to this link: http://itsecurity.co.uk/2015/01/blog-comment-spam-worth-effort/
All my blogs use WordPress. Why WordPress ? Because it is customizable and I can tweak it in any way I want… Well, almost… But from time to time there is the need to update it. Yesterday the update 4.0.1 was release which fixes important security bugs: Three cross-site scripting issues that a contributor or author […]
