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Panama Papers: Law firm Mossack Fonseca ‘victim of hack’

April 27, 2016 Jeff Comments Off on Panama Papers: Law firm Mossack Fonseca ‘victim of hack’

A high profile law firm based out of Panama had their WordPress website hacked. The problem wasn’t the quality of WordPress core, it was using an outdated plugin, which would end up being a colossal mistake. “Mossack Fonseca (MF), the Panamanian law firm at the center of the so called Panama Papers Breach may have […]

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50,000 sites hacked through WordPress plug-in vulnerability

August 27, 2014 Jeff Comments Off on 50,000 sites hacked through WordPress plug-in vulnerability

If you’re using hugely popular plugins on your WordPress installation it’s imperative that your keeping your installation up-to-date.  That means checking it daily or even multiple times a day. When a plugin, such as the MailPoet Newsletter, reaches a certain download threshold it quickly becomes a target for malicious intent.  Once an exploit is crafted […]

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