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WordPress 5.9.2 Released: Security Update
WordPress 5.9.2 was released March 10th, 2022. This update includes 1 bug fix as well as patches for one high-severity vulnerability and two medium-severity security issues. Per Our Friends at Wordfence: "The high-severity issue affects version 5.9.0 and 5.9.1 and...
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WordPress Security: End of Month Vulnerability List
WordPress Plugins Below is a list of WordPress plugin vulnerabilities to be aware of for the end of October 2014. If your site is running any of the affected plugins, please upgrade immediately - or find an alternative if no patch is available. Thanks to the security...
Tech Alert: HP Power Adapter Safety Warning
Hewlett-Packard has recalled 5,577,000 notebook computer AC power cords in the US due to a problem with the AC Power Cord. The cord can overheat posing a potential fire and burn hazard. Per the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC): This recall involves...
Visit Us at Expo on the Square!
Come visit us to learn the benefits of shopping with locally owned businesses! ESC! Technologies Group will be exhibiting at Expo on the Square in Woodstock on Saturday, September 20th from 9am to 2pm. When you Shop Local First, more of your money stays close to home...
WordPress 4.0 “Benny” Released!
Named after Jazz great, Benny Goodman, WordPress 4.o was released this week and brings with it a number of great new features to your Post, Page, and Media management experience! All ESC! Technologies Group clients who subscribe to one of our WordPress Maintenance...
WordPress Security: Slider Revolution Patch
WordPress Plugins A serious vulnerability has been discovered in an outdated release of the excellent Slider Revolution plugin for WordPress. An unpatched version of the plugin may allow a hacker to download any file from your system including critical WordPress core...
WordPress Security: Core & Plugin Patches
WordPress Update An important security update was released for WordPress Core this week when version 3.9.2 was made available to patch a possible denial of service issue in PHP’s XML processing. In addition, several other vulnerabilities were patched including: Fixes...
Woodstock Chamber SOHO Presentation: Heartbleed One Month Later
Heartbleed’s been garnering a lot of press in the past month, and with good reason: with over a half-million websites affected and tens of thousands of routers, storage servers, firewalls, video cameras, and more vulnerable to the bug, it’s one of the largest security...
Tech!Alert: Microsoft Patches IE Zero Day Exploit
Long-time Windows users know to be on the lookout for security updates from Microsoft the second Tuesday of every month. However, this month's payload of patches includes a fix for an Internet Explorer (IE) zero-day vulnerability being exploited in the wild. Zero-Day?...
Tech!Alert: New CryptoLocker Ransomware Hits Homes and Small Business
It's not unusual to see (and easily dismiss) breathless headlines proclaiming "worst virus ever!" After all, most of these sensationalistic-type headlines lead to blog posts that share little "new" information about malicious software and, instead, serve only to help...
ESC! Technologies Group Joins Dell’s ParnerDirect Program
Woodstock, IL -- ESC! Technologies Group is pleased to announced we are now a Registered Dell Partner in Dell's PartnerDirect program. This new business relationship with Dell will allow ESC! Technologies Group to better serve our customers through improved one-stop...