“The plugin in question was Custom Content Type Manager (CCTM), a popular WordPress plugin for creating custom post types that, in the three years since it was uploaded on the WordPress plugin repo, has amassed quite a following, being currently installed on more than 10,000 sites. Custom Content Type Manager version 0.9.8.8 contains malicious code…
Sadly, I recently saw this news about a WordPress plugin that I’ve come to rely on: I currently use Social to accomplish two things. One, to automatically post a link to any new blog posts on Twitter and the Facebook page for this blog. That’s simple enough to replace, and there are a ton of…
Aside from passing off your location from somewhere else to get around blocks, get yourself some sort of VPN to use when you’re on public wifi networks. One that’s a browser plugin sounds like an easy to use one. Anyone installed these browser extensions yet? What do you use to protect your data when browsing…
In a followup to the recent post about fake email subscribers, Update to Fake Email Subscriber Post, after working with Mailchimp’s support, I believe we have found the culprit, and potentially a solution. Mailchimp confirmed that my API key was being used to add these fake subscribers, but it was unclear if the key had…
Has the Law Firm Holding Your Data Ever Suffered a Breach? You May Never Know tags: LitSupport MM Security Electronic Discovery: The In-housers take charge — File under, if law firms won’t adapt to deal with advanced technology, and perhaps even data security issues, clients will do for themselves. tags: LitSupport MM Technical Competence for…
Hot on the heels of my post this week Keep WordPress Updated, Mark Gibbs was kind enough to share some information on a couple of plugins which could be very useful in that regard. If you’re running a WordPress site and given the number of potentially show-stopping problems that exist, get fixed, and are replaced…
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