DDoS Attacks originated from thousands of .EDU and .GOV WordPress Blogs

In a recent cyber attack on a Forum site, thousands of outdated legitimate WordPress blogs were abused to perform DDOS attacks using previously known vulnerabilities. After analyzing the Log file from the victim's server, we have noticed many Wordpress CMS based educational .EDU and Government .G...

WordPress Pingback Vulnerability Could Lead to DDoS Attacks

A pingback vulnerability exists in the WordPress blogging platform that could leak information and lead to distributed denial of service DDoS attacks if the right script is run, according to web application security firm Acunetix. A pingback is technically something blog owners rely on to track w...