Our whole team is incredibly happy to announce that Robert Rowley has joined Patchstack as a Security Advocate. Robert has been working in the security field since 2008, including being the director or head of security at prominent WordPress web hosts like Pagely and Dreamhost. He is a long-time supporter of open-source software and believes […]
UPDATE: As of 2022, Patchstack Red Team is known as Patchstack Alliance This is a Patchstack Red Team report for September 2021. In March 2021, Patchstack announced Patchstack Red Team – a community of independent security researchers who seek vulnerabilities within WordPress plugins, themes, and core. We’ve been taking the first half of the year […]
This summer has been something else. The world has changed over the past years. The internet has changed. WordPress ecosystem has been needing a hero, someone who could keep everybody safe in these uncertain times. Our hero has been hiding for a long time, moving in the darkness to neutralize evil. Our hero is a […]
In this article, we will introduce our Alliance (formerly Red team) members from the Sun* team. The Sun* team has been an Alliance member since March. Sun* (Sun Asterisk) is a Digital Creative Studio with the mission of connecting international businesses with top talents in Asia. They have always made every effort to bring the […]
Over the past 2 months, Patchstack Alliance has helped to identify and fix over 400 security vulnerabilities found in WordPress plugins and themes. We have monthly cash prizes for security researchers who report vulnerabilities to Patchstack Database (in July – it’s $1500 USD). But… we want to show our deep appreciation for the Patchstack Alliance […]
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, […]
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 […]
UPDATE: As of 2022, Patchstack Red Team is known as Patchstack Alliance Patchstack Red Team is the most active bug hunting community for security researchers to earn prizes for finding new vulnerabilities in WordPress core, themes, and plugins. Patchstack Red Team receives scores based on their findings and will get paid based on the monthly […]
We are excited to announce that an Estonian hosting service Veebimajutus and Patchstack have partnered up. The aim of this partnership is to help strengthen the WordPress ecosystem by giving WordPress site owners, agencies and developers information and tools to secure their websites. Veebimajutus has joined Patchstack with a mission to make WordPress security information […]
UPDATE: As of 2022, Patchstack Red Team is known as Patchstack Alliance In this article, we will introduce our Red Team member m0ze. M0ze has been the top Red Team member in April with totaling 1214 points and a total of 61 vulnerabilities reported to the Patchstack database. Patchstack Red Team is a community of independent security researchers […]