WordPress brute-force attack detection plugins comparison (2015 edition).
Following our 2013 benchmarks, we received quite a lot of requests to perform new ones and, this time, to include a category of plugins that wasn’t…
Critical vulnerability in Swift Security Hide WordPress Firewall plugin leads to phishing attack.
This is a very interesting spear phishing attack case that we had to deal with this week. Spear phishing are attempts directed at a specific individual,…
How to block web vulnerability scanners with iptables.
We are often asked how to block the DFind vulnerability scanner (A.K.A. “w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind”) with NinjaFirewall, our Web Application Firewall for PHP and WordPress. The bad news…
Migrating a website with NinjaFirewall installed.
In order to migrate your site with NinjaFirewall installed, it is important to follow those steps: WP/WP+ Edition 1 . Log in to your WordPress admin…
Jetpack Protect: IP spoofing and improper data validation allow security feature bypass.
Since version 3.4, the popular Jetpack by WordPress.com plugin (15+ million downloads / 1+ million active installs) includes Jetpack Protect, a module “to protect your Jetpack-connected…