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WordPress Security Recommendations for 2023

In today’s digital age, the security of your website is crucial to protect sensitive information and user data. As one of the most popular content management systems, WordPress is no exception to the threat of security vulnerabilities. However, there are steps you can take to secure your website and minimize the risks. “The number one […]

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1.6 Million WordPress Sites Hit With 13.7 Million Attacks In 36 Hours From 16,000 IPs

Today, on December 9, 2021, our Threat Intelligence team noticed a drastic uptick in attacks targeting vulnerabilities that make it possible for attackers to update arbitrary options on vulnerable sites. This led us into an investigation which uncovered an active attack targeting over a million WordPress sites. Over the past 36 hours, the Wordfence network

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Cybercrime and the criminal-to-criminal markets that support it during the holiday shopping season. Shaming as a pressure tactic. Living large, even when living on the lam.

Today, it’s all crime all the time. Cybercrime, the C2C underground market, and the expansive holiday shopping season. Rebranding in gangland. How crooks exclude targets on the basis of language or geolocation. Shaming as a criminal pressure tactic. Bad apps in the Play Store. Andrea Little Limbago looks at internet blackouts. Carole Theriault wonders what

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Reply-chain attacks. Intelligence services go phishing. Civilian targets hit in Israeli-Iranian cyber conflict. The Entity List expands. Russo-Ukrainian tensions rise.

A reply-chain incident is reported at a major international furniture and housewares retailer. North Korean operators are phishing for South Korean marks using bogus Samsung recruiting emails as phishbait. Fancy Bear has been seen pawing at Gmail. A regional escalation to civilian targets in the cyber conflict between Iran and Israel. More organizations are added

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Anisha Patel: Right along with them. [Program management] [Career Notes]

Associate Director at Raytheon Intelligence and Space in the Cyber Protection Services Division Anisha Patel always loved math and it defined her career journey. As a first-generation American from an Asian household, Anisha said she was destined for a STEM-focused career and chose electrical engineering. She began her career and remains at Raytheon (formerly E-Systems)

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CyberWire Pro Research Briefing from 11/23/2021

Enjoy a peek into CyberWire Pro’s Research Briefing as the team is off recovering from our Thanksgiving feasts. This is the spoken edition of our weekly Research Briefing, focused on threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences, as they’re played out in cyberspace. This week’s headlines: Iranian threat actors target the IT supply chain. North Korean cyberespionage. More

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CyberWire Pro Interview Selects: Carolyn Crandall of Attivo Networks.

Our team decided to extend our Thanksgiving holiday and thought you might like to try a sample of a CyberWire Pro podcast called Interview Selects. These podcasts are a series of extended interviews, exclusives, and a curated selection of our most engaging and informative interviews over the years, featuring cyber security professionals, journalists, authors and

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Misdirection and layering with a con in the middle. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]

Thanks for joining us for our fun project brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire’s social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies with examples of the social engineering scams and schemes you hear

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