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Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — April 2026

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and vulnerability patches for the WordPress ecosystem this […]

My Website Is Hosting a Phishing Page – Now What?

Most phishing advice is written for the person staring at a suspicious email. This guide is for the other kind of victim: The website owner whose legitimate site has been quietly turned into the attacker’s weapon. You didn’t send the message or build the fake login page. You just woke up to a browser warning, […]

Joomla SEO Spam Injector: Obfuscated PHP Backdoor Hijacking Site Visitors

Overview During a recent malware cleanup investigation, we encountered a compromised Joomla website where the site owner reported a strange issue. Their website displayed a large number of suspicious product links that had nothing to do with their business. These products were not added by the website owner and did not exist in their catalog. […]

Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — March 2026

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and vulnerability patches for the WordPress ecosystem this […]

Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — February 2026

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and vulnerability patches for the WordPress ecosystem this […]

Beyond Login Screens: Why Access Control Matters

As breach costs go up and attackers focus on common web features like dashboards, admin panels, customer portals, and APIs, weak access control quickly leads to lost data, broken trust, and costly incidents. The worst part is that many failures are not rare technical flaws but simple mistakes, such as missing permission checks, roles with […]

Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — January 2026

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and vulnerability patches for the WordPress ecosystem this […]

Shadow Directories: A Unique Method to Hijack WordPress Permalinks

Last month, while working on a WordPress cleanup case, a customer reached out with a strange complaint: their website looked completely normal to them and their visitors, but Google search results were showing something very different. Instead of normal titles and descriptions, Google was displaying casino and gambling-related content. We have been seeing rising cases […]