Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 47! This update is for week 45 of 2022. This week’s knowledge share is about the PHP world’s smallest security bug. I say smallest because it is one character long. You may wonder, how could one character cause so much chaos? Stick around for this week’s knowledge […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 46! This update is for week 44 of 2022. This week I was surprised to find I have not yet talked about the most prevalent security bug found in web applications in these weekly episodes. It has been talked about ad nauseam by security professionals, warning the […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 45! This update is for week 43 of 2022. Last week’s news included a new WordPress security release. WordPress 6.0.3 was made publicly available on Monday October 17th. You can read a summary of the WordPress 6.0.3 release on the Patchstack blog, or stay tuned for this […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 44! This update is for week 42 of 2022. This week I will talk with you about an unsettling security risk caused when a malicious actor preys upon a site owner when they are experiencing an emergency. I will share what precautions you can take today in […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 43! This update is for week 41 of 2022. This week I am continuing to share knowledge about OWASP ZAP. I will share with you details of two features available in the OWASP ZAP HUD and how to use them. Hopefully, by the end of this episode, […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 42! This update is for week 40 of 2022. In this week’s knowledge share I will continue to share with you some tips and tricks with OWASP ZAP. I will go over ZAP’s HUD – or heads-up display – so you can get an idea of what […]
Welcome to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update, Episode 41! This update is for week 39 of 2022. This week I will be introducing you to OWASP ZAP – an open-source web application security tool written by developers, for developers. It’s a great tool for those who want to get their hands dirty testing their web […]
Welcome back to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update! This update is for week 38 of 2022. Week 37 had no weekly because I was attending and speaking at WordCamp US 2022 hosted in San Diego, California, USA. This week I will share highlights from WordCamp US, as well as point out one vulnerability of concern […]
Welcome back to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update! This update is for week 36 of 2022. This week, I will be giving an unofficial WordPress Security Release announcement discussing the changes I found in the recent 6.0.2 release. And dig into the risks or lack thereof posed by these security bugs that were patched in […]
Welcome back to the Patchstack Weekly Security Update! This update is for week 35 of 2022. This week’s vulnerability roundup will feature three plugins that did not receive patches for serious bugs found in their code recently and one plugin that patched an arbitrary options table update bug. But first, in this week’s knowledge share, […]