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October 28, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNotes #38: Many High-Risk Vulnerabilities For Popular Plugins

There are quite a few serious vulnerabilities highlighted this week, on many popular plugins.

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October 21, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNotes #37: Popular Plugins Under Attack, while Devs remove plugins from WP Repo

Several very popular plugins at-risk, with Jetpack impacting nearly 25M sites. And, after WP.org assumed ownership of ACF, several other plugin devs have decided to mitigate this risk by running their own plugin hosting.

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October 14, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNOTES Ep#36: Many vulnerabilities for popular plugins, alongside critical risks for lesser-used plugin.

Crucial updates for popular plugins under attack, alongside high security risks in lesser-used plugins. We've also got some WordPress community news and a piece from our blog.

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October 7, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNOTES Ep#35: Millions of Sites Under Attack & Early Threat Detection Tips

This week spotlights hugely popular plugins being targeted, putting millions of sites at risk. Please apply patches ASAP. We also share some tips on early threat detection and alerts, from our blog.

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September 30, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNOTES Ep#34: Critical Vulnerabilities, Actively Exploited, No-Fix Plugins & WP Engine Ban

This edition highlights critical vulnerabilities, no-fix plugins removed from the WP repo, WordPress's ban on WP Engine, and our latest blog on effectively securing your site.

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September 23, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNOTES Ep#33: Recent Vulnerabilities, Upcoming WP Agency Summit & Important Update From Shield’s Team

This week’s vulnerabilities underscore the need to stay informed. Don’t miss the notice about switching to PHP 7.4.

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September 16, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNOTES Ep#32: LearnPress, Bit File & Other Severe Risks & WordPress Credentials Recovery Guide

A few big vulnerabilities were published in the last week, with LearnPress and Bit File having the most severe. We’ve written a helpful blog article about securing default WordPress credentials and recovering access.

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September 9, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNOTES Ep#31: Recurring Lite Speed, Ninja Forms, & No-Fix Vulnerabilities

This week features major high-risk vulnerabilities in popular plugins, important WordPress security changes notice, alongside a guide to securely changing your database passwords (from our blog).

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September 2, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNOTES Ep#30: Severe Risks, No-Fix Vulnerabilities & Tips for Theme Protection

We’re highlighting high risk plugins, 2 severe no-fix vulnerabilities, and tips on protecting your themes, from our blog.

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August 26, 2024 by Paul G.

ShieldNOTES Ep#29: Several Critical Vulnerabilities on Millions of Sites & Early Black Friday Webm

Several popular plugins have critical vulnerabilities - please apply patches ASAP. We also provide a WP updates guide on our blog, and a heads-up on a Black Friday webinar from our partner, Convesio.

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