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Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities

A recent vulnerability was announced on January 3, 2018, affecting all modern processors. There are two parts to the released vulnerability, and they are as follows: Meltdown: Allows applications to access operating…

WordPress Security: Serious Vulnerability in WordPress Download Manager

There is a serious vulnerability in the WordPress Download Manager plugin that allows a remote attacker to upload malicious scripts to your website, gain administrative access and modify passwords. The vulnerability exists…

WordPress Security: Multiple Vulnerabilities in InfiniteWP Admin Panel. Upgrade immediately.

About an hour ago researcher Walter Hop from Slik BV in the Netherlands disclosed multiple serious vulnerabilities in the InfiniteWP Admin Panel on the Full Disclosure and Bugtraq mailing lists. This admin…

OpenSSL (Heartbleed) Patched on all MonsterMegs Servers 2

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OpenSSL (Heartbleed) Patched on all MonsterMegs Servers

As of 9:30AM (CST) on April 8, 2014, all MonsterMegs servers vulnerable to CVE-2014-0160 (Heartbleed) OpenSSL security bug have been patched. This security vulnerability is a widespread issue affecting operating systems globally…

Wordpress wp-login.php Brute Force Attack 3

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WordPress wp-login.php Brute Force Attack

Over the last couple days a huge threat and nuisance has evolved that is effecting nearly all web hosting providers. This brute force attack is being conducted by a large botnet consisting…