Malware

WebKit recently released its tracking prevention…

Dan Knauss

August 20, 2019

WebKit recently released its tracking prevention policy, which defines covert tracking as a type of malware it will "do its best to prevent." 👏 It will be interesting to see how adtech companies and those who rely on covert tracking…

Denis Sinegubko from Sucuri notes a…

Dan Knauss

September 4, 2018

Denis Sinegubko from Sucuri notes a recent malware redirect campaign that targets vulnerable tagDiv themes and the Ultimate Member Plugin which was recently updated. This is a good reminder to keep your themes and plugins updated, but another good piece of…

What you should know about the Sucuri acquisition deal by GoDaddy

Brian Krogsgard

March 24, 2017

BusinessHosting

In fewer than six years, Sucuri went from a team trying to decide when the founders should go full time, to a team of more than one hundred people, and an acquisition deal in their hands from one of the…

Automattic’s WordAds, and other features, now available to paid Jetpack users

Brian Krogsgard

January 17, 2017

Jetpack 4.5 has several new features, including a newly designed VideoPress that I look forward to checking out further. But what caught my eye the most is that Automattic is now making WordAds -- their home grown ad platform that…

Denis Sinegubko from Sucuri demonstrates what…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

Denis Sinegubko from Sucuri demonstrates what lessons we can learn from WordPress WP-Login malware in a recent post. If your site is ever hacked, always remember that hackers can take over existing legit admin accounts - so Denis recommends not…

Wordfence is getting into the “forensic”…

Brian Krogsgard

June 7, 2016

Business

Wordfence is getting into the "forensic" and malware cleaning business for WordPress sites. The service is a pretty logical extension of the plugin, and they're charging $179 to clean sites, or $120 for Wordfence Pro customers.

Sucuri does another of its great…

Brian Krogsgard

April 28, 2016

Sucuri does another of its great in-depth reports on how hackers can add malware and other bad things to your website. This time they show how hackers can tweak WordPress to hide spammy posts from real visitors while leaving them…

iThemes Security is integrating Sucuri malware scanning

Brian Krogsgard

September 15, 2015

Security

iThemes announced today that both their free iThemes Security and their commercial iThemes Security Pro plugins are integrating Sucuri's malware scanning service. The free one is just an opt-in one off option, which is nice but can also be accomplished…

Who is buying commercial WordPress themes?

Brian Krogsgard

June 18, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

To say the theme marketplace is undergoing a transition is probably an understatement. We've seen many shops sell or change focus over the past year. A few have maintained their place in the market or even grown some, but it's not easy…

Sucuri Security plugin gets nice new features

Brian Krogsgard

August 22, 2013

WordPress News

Sucuri Security is well known in the WordPress community for being the go-to place for WordPress site monitoring and malware cleanup. Their free WordPress plugin just got some nice new features, too. It now comes with core files integrity checking,…

Flagged by Google in style(.css)

Brian Krogsgard

August 20, 2013

SecurityWordPress News

My apologies for the headline. I couldn't resist. Yesterday, Jeff at WP Tavern covered yet another new A/B testing service. With dreadful timing, the site was also flagged by Google as malware for some users. As a commenter points out…

Dre Armeda and Brad Williams tease “DradCast”

Brian Krogsgard

February 1, 2013

SecurityWordPress News

It seems that Dre Armeda and Brad Williams are destined to return to the internet-airwaves soon, with what appears to be a podcast called, "DradCast." Drad is the nickname that Brad and Dre have given themselves as a tag team…