The Ultimate Guide To Securing Your WordPress Login With Biometric Authentication – For Free!

Defender had already implemented Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) in WordPress for hardened security… now we’ve added Biometrics, too! It has become increasingly apparent that relying strictly on usernames and passwords for logins no longer offers the highest levels of security. WPMU DEV’s solution to addressing this is through the use of the WebAuthn standard, which bypasses vulnerabilities by providing a protocol …

WordPress.org Forces Security Update for Critical Ninja Forms Vulnerability

Late last week, Ninja Forms users received a forced security update from WordPress.org for a critical PHP Object Injection vulnerability. This particular vulnerability can be exploited remotely without any authentication. It was publicly disclosed last week and patched in the latest version, 3.6.11. Patches were also backported to versions 3.0.34.2, 3.1.10, 3.2.28, 3.3.21.4, 3.4.34.2, and 3.5.8.4. Wordfence noticed a back-ported …

Athens to Host WordCamp Europe 2023

photo credit: Wikimedia Commons WordCamp Europe 2022 concluded last weekend in Porto, Portugal. The event sold 2,746 tickets and had 2,304 people attend. It kicked off with a record-setting Contributor Day that coordinated the efforts of 800 participants giving back to WordPress and its related projects. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeWBFKCO6ZZ WCEU featured 70 speakers across 26 sessions and 18 workshops, made possible by …