The Awesomeness of Open Source
A few days ago we made the decision to change the default insecure HTTP protocol being used in our company website: Protean Security with a secure HTTPS protocol. The process was very easy at the beginning and there was little needed to be configured. Basically we had to register our ...
Wordpress Security for Users
Introduction We all know that Wordpress is the primary CMS system used on the Internet. We also know that security in Wordpress is not always taken for granted. The Wordpress CMS system can have different vulnerabilities in older versions, so it's vital keep it up-to-date. We should also be ...
Wordpress Plugin Vulnerabilities: From a Developer’s Point of View
1. Introduction We all know the prevalence of the WordPress blogging system and its share of vulnerabilities in the core system alone over the years. If not, we can take a look at the cvedetails web page that presents all the vulnerabilities from 2004 to the present. We can see ...
WordPress Security
Introduction There are numerous tools available when checking the security of the WordPress Content Management System (CMS). In the rest of the article we'll mention the WPScan tool, which does a great job of scanning the WordPress installation and its plugins for security vulnerabilities. WPScan WPScan is a WordPress ...