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Doc Pop’s News Drop: Flipping the Script on Hackers with the Coin Auth Plugin

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April 10, 2018

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to flip the script on hackers and run cryptomining software on their computers? In this week’s video we talk about an app called Coin Auth which does just that. We also talk about WordPress version 4.9.5 and we hear some great news about WordCamp Europe. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. This week […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: 4.9.3 Breaks Auto-Updates, Browsealoud Breaks Government Websites, and WCEU Call For Volunteers

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February 14, 2018

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. This week Doc talks about how WordPress version 4.9.3 breaks the auto-update feature and how 4.9.4 fixes it. Doc also covers the recent Browsealoud plugin hack, which used a supply chain attack to take advantage of site visitor traffic for cryptomining purposes. WordCamp Europe is looking for volunteers. Don’t forget to nominate your favorite plugins for our Plugin Madness competition. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: How Hackers Can Find New Sites Within 30 Minutes

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August 7, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. At this year’s DefCon, Hanno Böck described how hackers can find a fresh new WordPress install within 30-60 minutes of going live. Don’t be nervous though, in this week’s video we talk about how you can protect a fresh WordPress install. WordFence shared an excellent write up of Hanno’s presentation, which you can read here, as well as another article on how hackers can take advantage of WordPress sites that have […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: What motivates WordPress spammers?

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March 6, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Ever wonder what hackers hope to achieve after gaining control of a site? Wordfence just published a fantastic article about how one very prolific group of hackers were using WordPress sites to drive traffic to counterfeit NFL sportswear. We talk about that analysis and more in this week’s video. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. I finally installed Sucuri a few weeks back and immediately […]

Torque Toons: Update Your WP

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February 15, 2017

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With the recent set of hacked WordPress sites, it didn’t take long for a new update to come along and fix the problem. Now the community is trying to spread the word: Update, update, update! Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!

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