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Wordfence Intelligence: Because Community Created Vulnerabilities Are Community Property
Last August, at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas, we launched Wordfence Intelligence, a product designed to provide large enterprise customers with rich IP threat data, malware signatures, malware hashes, and vulnerability data to help keep enterprise customers and networks secure. Our mission at Wordfence is to secure the WordPress community, and to that end we […]
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What is a Website Defacement?
Defacement is easily one the most obvious signs of a hacked website. In these attacks, bad actors gain unauthorized access to an environment and leave their mark through digital vandalism, altering its visual appearance or content in the process. In many cases, website defacements display social or political messages that are completely unrelated to the […]
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14 Best WordPress Plugins for Blogs
As the most popular content management system in the world, WordPress has become a go-to platform for bloggers of all levels of experience. One of the reasons for its popularity is the vast array of plugins available to enhance the functionality and performance of your website. Whether you’re looking to improve your SEO, increase social […]
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Top 10 WordPress Survey Plugins
Have you ever responded to a poll by an influencer you follow on social media? It’s a fun way to connect with other fans and the influencer themself. Surveys, questionnaires, and polls help you build that connection with your own audience and WordPress survey plugins make it easy to design the interfaces. WordPress questionnaire plugin […]
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Magbo Spam Injection Encoded with hex2bin
We recently had a new client come to us with a rather peculiar issue on their WordPress website: They were receiving unwanted popup advertisements but only when the website was accessed through links posted on FaceBook. Initially we thought that this must be a rogue ad coming through an otherwise legitimate advertising network but it […]
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How To Fix the WordPress Not Sending Email Issue
Many WordPress users experience issues regarding emails not being sent or ending up in the recipient’s spam inbox. If email hosting is not included in your WordPress hosting package, then there are several plugins that can facilitate the sending of emails to subscribed users. But sometimes, these plugins can also experience issues. This article will […]
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Wordfence Intelligence CE Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Feb 20, 2023 to Feb 26, 2023)
Wordfence has curated an industry leading vulnerability database with all known WordPress core, theme, and plugin vulnerabilities known as Wordfence Intelligence Community Edition. This database is continuously updated, maintained, and populated by Wordfence’s highly credentialed and experienced vulnerability researchers through in-house vulnerability research, vulnerability researchers submitting directly to us using our CVE Request form, and […]
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Top 17 WordPress Plugins For eCommerce Sites (2023)
Setting up an online store is tricky enough without having to decide which plugins to add to your WordPress site. You know you need a payment gateway, shipping options, maybe an email marketing plugin, and definitely a contact form. In this article, we will explore some of the best eCommerce plugins for WordPress. Whether you’re […]
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Wordfence WooCommerce 2FA: Set Up This New Feature To Protect Your Customers
On February 15, we made the exciting announcement that the latest release of Wordfence, version 7.9.0, includes a new feature: WooCommerce 2FA (two-factor authentication) for customer level users. What does this mean for you as an e-commerce store operator? And how can you start using this feature? Let’s dive in. Why Customer Level E-Commerce Users […]
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