In the previous article, The Rise of the Backdoored WordPress Plugins, I discussed the ever-growing threat to WordPress security in the form of compromised plugins. As promised, here are the changes made by attackers to the popular plugins, WPtouch, W3 Total Cache and AddThis. WPtouch…
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90% of US Companies Hacked!
Alarming results have been announced following a recent survey conducted by the Ponemon Research Institute and Juniper Networks. In their survey, 583 American companies were interviewed on security related questions. The result seems to correlate with what we have been seeing in the media during…
The Rise of Backdoored WordPress Plugins
It all started a few months ago when I was visiting Lester Chan’s website looking for some information about one of his plugins. Lester Chan has written a good number of very popular WordPress plugins that are used by millions of people. Some of the…
Sega Hacked: Over a Million Accounts Exposed
Sega Corporation has joined the increasingly long list of video game companies to suffer a data breach. In an email sent to members of its Sega Pass service, it admitted that the user accounts over almost 1.3 million users had been compromised.
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Other Web Security Scanners Ejected as US Air Force Selects Acunetix
US Air Force Chooses Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner to Secure Against Web Application Vulnerabilities USA, June 13 2011 – Acunetix, developer of leading website security scanning software, today announced that the United States Air Force has selected Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner to defend against millions…
How to Avoid Being Hacked
Failing to protect your website and its contents can result in your site being hacked and exposed to vicious malware and trojans. Many web-based businesses have failed because of a lack of website security and there have been many cases of people having their personal information…
Having a Secure Website Through all of your Website Properties
Having a secure website isn’t just about preventing website hackers from gaining access to your site, but preventing specific damage from the result of your site being compromised. Web hacking might be a little more serious than many people think, as it has been found…
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 Build 20110518 Released
An updated build of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 has now been released. The new build features a number of bug fixes. Bug Fixes: Fixed: The Acusensor Technology files were updated incorrectly. Fixed: Access Violation when scan is stopped. Fixed: User interface incorrect behaviour….