Category Archives: WordPress

Pingdom Releases WordPress Plugin for Real User Monitoring

Pingdom has introduced a free plugin for WordPress that makes it possible for anyone to add support for Real User Monitoring (RUM) to their WordPress site. Continue reading

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WordPress Attacked By Massive Botnet

Blog hosting website Wordpress has come under attack from a botnet comprising “tens of thousands” of computers. The attack is targeted at users of the… Continue reading

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WordPress blogs hit with major attack

Unidentified hackers are said to have have launched a large-scale attack against WordPress blogs and any hosts using weak passwords are urged to update them immediately.         Continue reading

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WordPress accounts are under botnet attack

WordPress, a popular blogging platform used by individuals as well as big businesses including UPS and eBay, is the target of a widespread botnet attack.The vulnerability that allows hackers to get into WordPress accounts and take them over for other purposes: user accounts where the word “admin” is the username. The advice for immediate action: Change admin to a different — and much stronger … Continue reading

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