Tag: plugin author security

• WordPress Fights Back: Securing Your Plugins Against Attacks

  

  Over the weekend, WordPress took decisive steps to combat a supply chain attack affecting its plugins. The platform temporarily halted all plugin updates and reset passwords for plugin authors to thwart potential threats. Hackers had exploited compromised credentials to insert malicious code into plugins. In response, WordPress enforced password resets, blocked unverified plugin updates, and…

  Michelle Maloney

  July 31, 2024

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