PHP 8: What WordPress Users Need to Know

PHP 8.0 is set to be released on November 26, 2020. As the programming language powering WordPress sites, PHP’s latest version offers new features that developers will find useful and improvements that promise to greatly enhance security and performance in the long run. It also fully removes a number of previously deprecated functions. PHP 8 […] More info: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/php-8-what-wordpress-users-need-to-know/

Hidden SEO Spam Link Injections on WordPress Sites

Often when a website is injected with SEO spam, the owner is completely unaware of the issue until they begin to receive warnings from search engines or blacklists. This is by design — attackers intentionally try to prevent detection by arranging injected links so they are not visible to average human traffic. One of the […] More info: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sucuri/blog/~3/Mxq_Tmz0Fmw/hidden-seo-spam-link-injections-on-wordpress-sites.html

Episode 96: Hosting Provider Failures and Incident Response Preparedness

Two hosting providers experienced outages this week. GoDaddy had a brief outage affecting numerous systems on Tuesday, November 17. Managed.com had an extensive outage due to ransomware that affected all systems. We discuss what types of incident response preparations site owners should consider when events beyond their control occur. We also discuss a large-scale attack […] More info: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/episode-96-hosting-provider-failures-and-incident-response-preparedness/

Wordfence Site Cleaning Guarantee Extended to 1 Year

Today, we’re pleased to announce that all customers of Wordfence site cleaning services receive an annual clean site guarantee. If your site is compromised again after our team has cleaned and secured your WordPress site, we’ll clean it again for free. Additionally, we’re expanding our Security Services Team coverage to 24/7 effective immediately. The Wordfence […] More info: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/11/wordfence-site-cleaning-guarantee-extended-to-1-year/
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