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A popular WordPress plugin leaked access tokens capable of hijacking Twitter accounts – TechCrunch

A popular WordPress plugin leaked access tokens capable of hijacking Twitter accounts  TechCrunch

A popular WordPress plugin, installed on thousands of websites to help users share *content* on social media sites, left linked Twitter accounts exposed to …

“HTTPS hijacking” – read more

Attackers Exploit Zero-Day in WordPress Plugin – Infosecurity Magazine

Attackers Exploit Zero-Day in WordPress Plugin  Infosecurity Magazine

After being abandoned by its creator, WordPress plugin Total Donations is reportedly being compromised by attackers who are leveraging a zero-day exploit, …

“zero day exploit” – read more

Angry ex-employee blamed for hack of WordPress plugin developer, and email to customers warning of security hole

Angry ex-employee blamed for hack of WordPress plugin developer, and email to customers warning of security hole

Users of the popular WordPress translation plugin WPML (also known as WordPress MultiLingual) received an email from a hacker claiming to expose serious security vulnerabilities in the software that allegedly put the customers’ own websites at risk.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley