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• WordPress sites targeted by mass brute-force attack

  15.04.2013

  US-CERT has issued an alert regarding the ongoing massive brute-force attacks against WordPress sites, warning users and administrators to keep their installation always updated and to change the username and password for their WordPress accounts - especially if they kept the default "admin" username and use an easy-to-guess, commonly-used password.

• WordPress.com adds 2-factor authentication option

  08.04.2013

  WordPress users can finally secure their account(s) with two step authentication.

• WordPress 3.5.1 fixes 37 bugs

  28.01.2013

  WordPress 3.5.1, now available for download, is a maintenance and security release for all previous versions that fixes 37 bugs.

• WordPress 3 Ultimate Security

  18.01.2013

  Author: Olly Connelly Pages: 408 Publisher: Packt Publishing ISBN: 1849512108 Back in 2004, the company behind the then-popular blogging platform Movable Type shot themselves in the foot by changing the license, prompting the majority of top users to select an alternative platform.

• Exploit tool hitting Joomla and WordPress sites

  12.12.2012

  Joomla and WordPress sites' administrators should consider updating to the latest version of their respective content management system as soon as possible since, according to reports, malware peddlers are bent on compromising them with "some tool that's basically firing a bunch of Joomla and Wordpress exploits at a given server and hoping something hits." The compromised websites are then embedded with an iFrame that first directs users to a traffic distribution system, and then to a page hosting an exploit kit.

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