WordPress team has announced the general availability of WordPress 5.4.2. This security and maintenance release comes with 23 fixes and enhancements. WordPress 5.4.2 which is a short-cycle maintenance release rolled out with 23 fixes, enhancements, and number of security fixes. WordPress versions 5.4 and earlier are affected by the following bugs, which are fixed in...
WHMCS releases the new re-engineered and re-designed from the ground up new app to allow them to manage WHMCS powered business. WHMCS‘s new WHMCS Mobile App provides our users with a modern mobile experience and allows them to manage their WHMCS powered business from mobile devices. The new app can be downloaded on iOS and...
One of the well-known firewall software out there IPFire has released its 2.25 Core Update 145 version. This marks the one of the largest updated that IPFire has ever received. IPFire is one of the most flexible security tools out there that can act as a data center firewall as well as a home firewall....
VMware has released a patch to fix a vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director that could be exploited to perform code execution attacks and take over private clouds. Ethical hacking company Citadelo identified a vulnerability that bypassed VMware’s underlying security fundamentals. The bug that has been discovered in VMware Cloud Director was caused by a failure...
Joomla announced a new data breach that impacted 2,700 users and exposed their critical personal information. Open-source content management system, Joomla announced that 2,700 users’ information with an account on resources.joomla.org were breached. Unencrypted JRD full site backups were stored in a third-party company Amazon Web Services S3 bucket. The third-party company is owned by...
Red Hat announced a new update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7. 7.8 is the first version in the 7.x series to enter the product’s maintenance phase. Red Hat Enterprise released Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.8 which comes with many updates. With this latest release, RHEL 7 is now in maintenance support and...
GitHub’s security team announced that they have found a malware, named Octopus Scanner, in 26 repositories. GitHub’s security team has announced that they have received a message from a security researcher who pinpoints a malware in GitHub-hosted repositories. GitHub’s analysis shows that the malware is designed to enumerate and backdoor NetBeans projects. The malware is...
What is FTP ? FTP is one of the most widely used protocols in web development, and it is useful for people active in the field to be familiar with this protocol and its mechanism. If you’ve worked with tech professionals, especially web developers, you’ve probably heard the phrase ” FTP .” You may be...
Facebook announced a new service that allows users to communicate over video streaming across its platform. According to Facebook’s announcement, the company’s new service, Messenger Rooms make it easy to spend quality time with friends, loved ones, and people who share interests. It allows users to create a room from Messenger of Facebook. It allows...
Wordfence announced that there is an uptick in attacks targetting cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Wordfence team announced that over 900,000 WordPress sites are under attack, approximately 30 times the normal volume. The attacks, targetting the XSS vulnerabilities began on April 28 and increased on the following days. Malicious JavaScript Most of these attacks are attempting...