Business Roundup Week Ending December 8

Beware: WordPress Security Scams Targeting Agencies

• Sophisticated new phishing scams are impersonating the WordPress Security Team to spread malware.
• Fraudulent emails request installing a plugin containing malware. Supposedly from “WordPress” or “WordPress Security,” they appear credible.
• Emails come from non-WordPress domains and lack verified signatures, unlike legitimate project communications.
• The scam links to a fake plugin repository mimicking the real WordPress.org site.
• WordPress will never contact users this way, nor request login credentials.
• https://wordpress.org/news/2023/12/alert-wordpress-security-team-impersonation-scams/
• https://patchstack.com/articles/fake-cve-phishing-campaign-tricks-wordpress-users-to-install-malware

The WP Awards 2023 Winners Announced

• Yesterday, The WP Awards announced the winners of their annual awards across 27 categories.
• Almost 6000 voters weighed in on their favorite tools and resources.
• ACF was the top scorer with 1570 votes in the Dynamic Data Plugins category.
• The Admin Bar was voted top WordPress community with 1279 votes.
• Wordfence won as top security plugin with 1099 votes.
• RankMath SEO was rated top SEO Plugin with 1074 votes.
• Elementor took the honor of favorite page builder with 1023 votes.
• Did your favorites win? Check out the full results…
• https://thewpweekly.com/awards/

Gemini: Google’s Bold Bet to Lead the AI Race

• Gemini is Google’s latest large language model, which it claims will outperform ChatGPT’s GPT-4 on 30 out of 32 AI benchmarks.
• Gemini comes in multiple configurations for different uses, from on-device to browser-based.
• Coding appears to be a real strength for Gemini, as its integrated AlphaCode 2 technology allegedly surpasses 85% of human coders in competitions. Consider the implications of that!
• Gemini is available now in Google Bard, and the mobile version can be accessed on the Pixel 8 OS.
• It will become available to developers on December 13 in the Google Cloud API.
• How could Gemini’s capabilities reshape your digital services and operations?
• https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/6/23990466/google-gemini-llm-ai-model
• https://tech.co/news/what-is-google-gemini-ai

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