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Edge browser now comes with 5GB VPN. No idea how it performs yet.

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WordPress Elementor plugin bug let attackers hijack accounts on 1M sites One of WordPress's most popular Elementor plugins, "Essential Addons for Elementor," was found to be vulnerable to an unauthenticated privilege escalation that could allow remote attacks to gain administrator rights on the site.

New website for a Warhammer 40K hobby shop in Sandakan. https://sandakanhobby.com/

WordPress websites under attack?

Massive attack against 1.6 million WordPress sites underway Wordfence analysts report having detected a massive wave of attacks in the last couple of days, originating from 16,000 IPs and targeting over 1.6 million WordPress sites.

The never ending conflict against hackers and scammers.

Hackers infect random WordPress plugins to steal credit cards Credit card swipers are being injected into random plugins of e-commerce WordPress sites, hiding from detection while stealing customer payment details.

This will probably be resolved soon but it is surprising nevertheless. Web hosting is an essential part of having a website.

Google Drops Sites Hosted on SiteGround SiteGround hosted sites dropping out of Google since Monday. Possibly an issue with DNS

Heads up if you are using these plugins

XSS Bug in SEOPress WordPress Plugin Allows Full Site Takeover The bug would allow a number of malicious actions, up to and including full site takeover. The vulnerable plugin is installed on 100,000 websites.

This one was new for me

Cyberattackers Embrace CAPTCHAs to Hide Phishing, Malware CAPTCHA-protected malicious URLs are sn*******ng lately, researchers said.

Contact 7 is a very popular plugin. Make sure update to fix this vulnerability.

5 million WordPress sites potentially impacted by a Contact Form 7 flaw The development team behind the Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin discloses an unrestricted file upload vulnerability.

DIVI theme users hold off upgrading to WP5.6 until DIVI issues an update. Multiple sites have been reported broken. If clearing your caches doesn't work, you should revert to the last working WP version if you experience this. Also it is not a good idea to upgrade as soon as the latest WP comes along. At least wait for X.X.1.

Problems reported after upgrade:
1) anchor links quit working
2) default WP Menu has problem
3) RankMath plugin not working with the Divi editor
4) scroll down button don’t work
5) the menu disarpears in some cases and don’t show up after scroll on some pages.
6) Caldera doesn’t work in the 5.6

No one I know use this app but just to be safe.

Delete 'Go SMS Pro' From Your Android Now The Go SMS Pro texting app has over 100 million installations from the Google Play Store, but popularity doesn’t matter: You need to stop using it and delete it from your phone now. Cybersecurity firm Trustwave recently discovered a major security loophole in the app that makes all photos, videos,...