Social engineering attacks capitalize on the trust that people have in the communications (voice, email, text, etc.) addressed to them. If the message is well-crafted, and potentially even spoofs someone trusted, then the threat actor has already succeeded in the first…
Vulnerability found in WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations
Updates have been released for UpdraftPlus, a WordPress plugin with over 3 million installations after a vulnerability was discovered by Jetpack security researcher Marc Montpas. Information gathered has revealed that the Jetpack team “uncovered an arbitrary backup download vulnerability that could…