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Building Work – Project 3 – Day 3

Building Work – Project 3  – Day 3

We now have a 2m deep hole in the garden. Being filled with concrete tomorrow and Friday.

gilesw April 21, 2021April 27, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Building Work – Project 3 – Day 1

Building Work – Project 3  – Day 1

Day 1 of the build. Large hole dug in the garden.

gilesw April 19, 2021April 27, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Building Work – Project 3 – Before

Building Work – Project 3 – Before

The “before” shots.

gilesw April 1, 2021June 28, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Part 8 – WordPress Security – Conclusions

At the start of this report into WordPress security, we listed three main objectives, which were: To provide an explanation of how WordPress sites are often compromised and why. This will be based on real data gathered from the Defiant

gilesw October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 Security, WordPress Security Read more

Part 7 – Hardening and keeping WordPress Sites Secure

What is required to build secure WordPress websites and how to ensure they stay secure. There are a number of considerations that need to be taken into account when first developing a secure WordPress site, however a good starting point

gilesw October 25, 2020November 2, 2020 Security, WordPress Security Read more

Part 6 – The Importance of Responsible Disclosure

This section of the report looks at the importance of responsible disclosure. I do this by carrying out an analysis of Wordfence attack data following the responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities in two WordPress plugins, and comparing this to attack data

gilesw October 17, 2020October 25, 2020 Security, WordPress Security Read more

Part 5 – Providing Customers with a Clean WordPress site

As mentioned in the introduction, I am a Senior Security Analyst in the Wordfence Security Services Team (SST). The SST is a group of security analysts responsible for cleaning compromised websites and performing security audits on WordPress websites. Wordfence already

gilesw October 6, 2020October 19, 2020 Security, WordPress Security Read more

Part 4 – OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities Affecting WordPress Applications

The following is an analysis of how WordPress applications can be impacted by each of the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities discussed in the previous section. Much of the following research originates from work carried out by the Wordfence team, as

gilesw October 3, 2020October 29, 2020 Security, WordPress Security Read more

Part 3 – The OWASP Top 10 Web Application Vulnerabilities

OWASP (The Open Web Application Security Project) describe themselves as a “worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software” . They run a number of projects related to web application security, however the project they are best known for

gilesw October 1, 2020October 29, 2020 Security, WordPress Security Read more

Part 2 – Content Management System – A Background

In this section we are going to provide a Background to Content Management Systems with a look at what a Content Management System is and then go on to look at specific options for Web Content Management Systems available today.

gilesw October 1, 2020November 2, 2020 Security, WordPress Security Read more
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