Website operators running sites on the WordPress platform need to be aware of a massive string of infections that as of Thursday were poorly detected by security products. Researchers at Heimdal Security said the compromised sites redirect victims to other domains hosting the Nuclear Exploit Kit, a potent collection of exploits for vulnerable Adobe products...

Attacks are accelerating against a now-patched Joomla zero-day vulnerability, putting pressure on site administrators to update quickly. The patch was published on Monday, but not before attacks were spotted in the wild and carried out for at least two days, said researchers at security company Sucuri. The zero-day vulnerability affects all Joomla versions from 1.5 to...