Wordfence is a popular WordPress security plugin. Among the features are scanner that monitors for hacked files and a firewall with regularly updated rules that proactively blocks malicious bots.

The popularity of WordPress has made it a prime target for site attacks. The more people using the same platform of any type, the more success hackers will have exploiting a larger number of users.

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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 threat actors target ...

A new WordPress cyberattack campaign puts 1.6 million websites at risk. This was confirmed by the company's security department, Wordfence. LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 4: People in the audience are ...

WordPress users warned as millions of attacks reported. Updated October 29 with a correction to the WordPress attack statistics: the correct number is 1.6 million attacks in 48 hours. WordPress ...

WordFence announced that they had discovered a vulnerability at four hosting companies. WordFence warns that while the vulnerability was patched, it’s possible sites were hacked prior to the fix.