The FBI issued a public service announcement today, warning concerning WordPress website attacks being carried out by individuals sympathetic to the Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL) a.k.a. Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS). The perpetrators of these attacks are defacing sites across various platforms such as news organizations, businesses, government sites, and religious…
Last month a vulnerability was discovered in the Fancybox for WordPress plugin, making it possible for a hacker to inject an iframe into the website without needing administrator access. Although the issue was promptly patched, a string of seemingly random WordPress websites were recently compromised using this vulnerability. Hackers claiming to be acting on behalf…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by the founder of PostStatus, Brian Krogsgard. He explains how his experience writing for WPCandy provided the foundation to launch PostStatus. We find out how well the PostStatus club is doing since launching two weeks ago. Last but not least, we discuss whether…