This blog post explains what is WordPress sensitive information leakage, what risks it includes, and how to stop it. Hackers often use search engines like Google to find WordPress websites with vulnerabilities. Once with a website with a vulnerability is located, it will launch an attack to manipulate the site in some way. This process […]
This guide will share the most common website hacking techniques to help you prepare for malicious attacks. The lucrative nature of the Internet has led to a significant increase in the number of website hacking techniques. Cybercriminals use many different tools and techniques to gain access to the sensitive information that is found online. They […]
This article explains how to protect your website from malware upload by File Upload Form. Statistics show that file upload vulnerabilities are WordPress’s third most common vulnerability type. Hackers will often use file upload vulnerabilities to spread malware, gain access to web servers, perform attacks on visitors to a website, host illegal files, and much […]
This blog post explains how to remove redirects in WordPress. To remove WordPress redirects you should know how redirections work. One common attack vector used against WordPress websites involves compromising files to cause the website to automatically redirect users to another location. This kind of attack is called malicious redirection. There are multiple ways to […]
Every day, countless WordPress websites face automated login attempts from malicious bots. In 2023 alone, thousands of WordPress sites fell victim to successful brute-force attacks, leading to data breaches, malware infections, and significant business disruptions. But what exactly is a brute force attack, and how can you protect your WordPress site against these persistent threats? […]
We are thrilled to finally announce that as of June 2021, Patchstack has been named by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®) Program as a CNA (CVE Numbering Authority). As a CVE Numbering Authority, Patchstack is authorized to assign CVE IDs for new vulnerabilities submitted by Patchstack Alliance for WordPress Core, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, […]
This blog post gives information and a step-by-step guide on how to act and clean your site after your website is flagged for malware by Google. Google is very proactive when it comes to protecting the safety of its customers. They scan millions of websites each day, looking for spyware, viruses, and other kinds of […]
This blog post focuses on explaining the security by design principles according to The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). The cost of cybercrime continues to increase each year. In a single day, there are about 780,000 data records are lost due to security breaches, 33,000 new phishing messages, and 4,000 ransomware attacks globally. Analysts […]
WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system. Over 835 million websites use it, and nearly 22% of new U.S. registered domains install WordPress. In recent years, WordPress has faced some criticism for its use of PHP and potential security risks. But are these concerns justified? This article will explore poor coding practices and […]
We are excited to announce that 10Web and Patchstack have partnered up. We are working together with 10Web to help strengthen the WordPress ecosystem. 10Web has joined Patchstack in a mission to make WordPress security information more accessible to all developers. This partnership allows us to grow Patchstack Alliance and keep information about WordPress-related security […]