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  • WPScan Acquired by Automattic

    We are very excited to let you know that WPScan will be joining Automattic! WPScan has been working on improving the WordPress security ecosystem for over 10 years. During that time we released our wildly popular WordPress security scanner. We then developed and released the WordPress vulnerability database, where we triage and record hundreds of WordPress…

  • What is Attack Surface Mapping?

    Bit Discovery have been using the WPScan WordPress security scanner and the WPScan Enterprise API for some time to add WordPress scanning functionality to their offering. We thought that it would be a good idea to introduce our readers to what Attack Surface Mapping is, and how organisations can benefit from it. To do this,…

  • 2021 Mid-Year WordPress Security Report: A Collaboration Between Wordfence and WPScan

    WPScan has collaborated with Wordfence to conduct a 2021 mid-year review on the state of WordPress security. Using vulnerability data from WPScan’s WordPress vulnerability database and attack data from Wordfence’s internal threat intelligence platform, we were able to analyze the current trend of attacks on WordPress and assess the current state of WordPress-based software security. …