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Virally growing attacks on unpatched WordPress sites affects ~2m pages

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by ronjor, Feb 10, 2017.

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Dan Goodin - Feb 10, 2017 10:28 pm UTC

Attacks on websites running an outdated version of WordPress are increasing at a viral rate. Almost 2 million pages have been defaced since a serious vulnerability in the content management system came to light nine days ago. The figure represents a 26 percent spike in the past 24 hours.
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Criminals Monetizing Attacks Against Unpatched WordPress Sites

by Michael Mimoso Follow @mike_mimoso February 22, 2017 , 4:46 pm
Criminals have inevitably begun to attempt to monetize attacks against WordPress sites still vulnerable to a severe REST API endpoint vulnerability silently patched in the recent 4.7.2 security update.
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