I'm a software engineer and team lead at Cerber Tech. I started coding in 1993 on IBM System/370 and today software engineering at Cerber Tech is how I make my living.
WP Cerber Security 5.0
New features Cerber has got a new antispam and bot detection engine that protects comment and user registration forms from bot attacks. No reCAPTCHA is needed anymore. After several attempts bot IP will be locked out. Now you can tell Cerber either to mark detected spam comments as spam or deny them completely. Optionally Cerber can [...]
WP Cerber Security 4.9
Improvements Additional details will be logged and displayed on the Activity page: the URL of a request and decision the plugin engine had made. Added a nice panel with performance indicators showing key events in the last 24 hours. To improve reliability self check-up code has been added. Welcome Poland! Polish translation has been [...]
How to fix errors with database tables
Sometimes, when you move your WordPress to a new hosting or restore the website from a backup, some database tables that are created and used by WP Cerber Security might become corrupted or be deleted. To fix this issue and repair the WP Cerber tables, follow the steps below. Log into the WordPress admin dashboard. In the admin menu, [...]
WP Cerber 4.8.2
This is a bug fixing version. Bugs fixed A reason of blocking an IP address is not shown in notification emails if Always block entire subnet Class C of intruders IP is selected in the settings. An IP address from a range may be locked out if you have overlapping IP ranges in the both IP Access Lists. That means you or your users might [...]
WP Cerber Security 4.8
New features You can enable/disable applying limit login rules to IP addresses in the White IP Access List. A new checkbox on the Main Settings tab. By default it’s disabled. Read more about using WordPress IP Access List. Block malicious IP addresses after a specified number of failed attempts to solve visible or invisible reCAPTCHA. [...]
WP Cerber Security 4.7.7
New features Welcome invisible reCAPTCHA. You can choose what type you want to use: classic visible or new invisible reCAPTCHA. How to setup. reCAPTCHA for comment forms is available now. Stop spam comments – use reCAPTCHA as an anti-spam tool for WordPress comment forms. Improvements Dates on the plugin dashboard now are displayed [...]
Brute-force, DoS, and DDoS attacks – what’s the difference?
Let's make things clear with these intruder activities that happens every day on any website. How are they dangerous? What tools or plugin can mitigate them? What are chances that we can do that successfully?
WP Cerber Security 4.5
New features Instant mobile and browser notifications with Pushbullet. Get notified instantly via push notifications when an important event happens on your WordPress. Read more how to set up. Ability to choose a 404 page template. The plugin will try to use the 404 template from the active theme, and this is a default behavior or a [...]
Instant mobile and browser notifications with Pushbullet
WP Cerber allows you to enable desktop and mobile notifications with easy and get all those notifications from your WordPress instantly and for free. In a desktop browser, you will get popup messages even if you logged out of your WordPress. WordPress Security WordPress 5.4.1. A security update fixes seven XSS vulnerabilities [...]
Best WordPress Plugins for Two-Factor Authentication
Two-Factor Authentication plugins for WordPress allow you to use a mobile phone to verify yourself before you get inside.
WordPress 4.7.3 – six security issues has been fixed
This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. WordPress versions 4.7.2 and earlier are affected by six security issues: Cross-site scripting (XSS) via media file metadata. Reported by Chris Andrè Dale, Yorick Koster, and Simon P. Briggs. Control characters can trick [...]
WordPress notifications made easy
Yes, you heard it right. Subscriptions to events work like a subscription to a newsletter or following someone on Facebook. Once you have subscribed to a specific activity you will get a notification letter by email and a push notification with each event. You can create as many subscriptions as you need. You can easily [...]
WP Cerber Security 4.3
What’s new Do you want to keep eye on specific activity on your website? I have good news for you! Track them like a PRO. Use powerful subscriptions to get email notifications according to filters for events you have set. Filter out activities that you are interested to monitor and then click Subscribe. Done. Read more. [...]
Do not trust those fake domain confirmation emails
If you ever receive a letter any kind that requests to create, download or install some PHP code on your website you must ignore it.
WP Cerber Security 4.1
New New setting Date format field allows you to specify a desirable format for displaying dates and time. To specify a format use special characters from the list: Recognizable characters in the Date format setting Updates Updated code for ‘registration_errors’ filter to handle errors right way. The French translation has been updated. [...]