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3 Jan 2022

Patchstack, cPanel, and Plesk Falsely Claimed Fixed Vulnerability in WordPress Plugin Hadn’t Been Fixed

Among the many problems caused by the WordPress security industry is plugin developers having to deal with false claims that plugins are vulnerable. An example of that involved not just a WordPress security player, but two major names in the web hosting industry that are relying on unreliable data for a security solution.

Last week a topic on the WordPress support forum started this way: [Read more]

21 Dec 2021

Patchstack Continues to Overstate Size of Their Database Despite Dropping Claimed Size for 2021 by 35%

Last month we noted that a couple of WordPress news outlets had repeated what appear to be clearly false claims made by one of WordPress security provider Patchstack. It should go without saying that a security company that isn’t honest is a big deal. We have run across a further claim from Patchstack that disputes the previous claim they made, while still appearing to be false.

On November 5, the WP Tavern ran a story by Justin Tadlock that included this claim about the number of vulnerabilities in Patchstack’s database for this year: [Read more]