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Security Affairs newsletter Round 464 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Ask a Security Professional: WordPress Database Security Part Two — Best Practices

SiteLock

In Part One of our #AskSecPro series on WordPress Database Security, we learned about the anatomy of WordPress. Now that we have a firm understanding of the role the WordPress MySQL database plays in a WordPress installation, we can take a look at the various ways an adversary can exploit the mechanisms involved.

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"Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner" WordPress plugin vulnerability: Update now!

Malwarebytes

WordPress plugins are under fire once more, and you’re advised to update your version of Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner as soon as possible. The best example of this update-related security drag is the fact that despite the plugin update, attacks are still in full flow. Attacks are ongoing, and will likely continue.

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Defacement Trend via REST API Exploit

SiteLock

This article was co-authored by Security Researcher Wyatt Morgan from SiteLock Research. SiteLock Research has identified a trend of defacements impacting thousands of WordPress websites. This trend of defacements appears to be exploiting a vulnerability in the WordPress REST API present in versions 4.7

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3 Ways to Create a WordPress Staging Site

SiteLock

Earlier this year we talked about using a WordPress staging site for updates , and how it can help ensure your site updates don’t break your live site. What is a WordPress Staging Site? What is a WordPress Staging Site? 3 Ways to Create a WordPress Staging Site. Set Up a Local WordPress Site.

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Rogue Pharmacy Defacements via REST API Exploit

SiteLock

This article was co-authored by Security Researcher Wyatt Morgan from SiteLock Research. This month we’ve seen WordPress websites bombarded with defacements and remote code execution attempts by abusing a vulnerability in the WordPress REST API. Update WordPress to the latest version, currently version 4.7.2.

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5 Simple Website Security Best Practices

SiteLock

Welcome to the fourth article in our Making Security Makes Sense to Clients series. Or both really 🙂 In this post, I’m going to share five website security best practices that are easy to implement. WordPress itself is updated often to include not just new features, but also security patches. Website Backups.

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