Category Archives: WordFence Security

6 Million Password Attacks in 16 Hours and How to Block Them

6 Million Password Attacks in 16 Hours and How to Block Them By Mark Maunder for WordFence. Original here. Last week in the President’s cyber security op-ed in the Wall Street Journal he implored Americans to move beyond simple passwords and to enable two factor authentication or cellphone sign-in. One of the things we monitor at…

3 Severe Plugin Vulnerabilities Fixed in the Last 24 Hours

3 Severe Plugin Vulnerabilities Fixed in the Last 24 Hours By Mark Maunder for WordFence. Original here. The following three plugins contain severe vulnerabilities that have all been fixed within the past 24 hours. Details of these vulnerabilities have been released to the public so they are likely already being exploited. If you use any of these…