Oliver Sild

@OliverSild

Nerding out on cyber security, community building, and open source software | CEO of @patchstackapp | 🇪🇪 Pärnu

Pärnu, Estonia

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Joined August 2010

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Oliver Sild
@OliverSild
Jan 16, 2023
In 2016, I made a post to Reddit that #WordPress (and other CMSs) need a proper vulnerability management tool and an effective way to prevent attacks against vulnerabilities in plugins. Here's what happened 🧵1/6
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Oliver Sild
@OliverSild
19h
These attacks are still on-going and for now there are no signs of it slowing down. Some even say it's worse than WP2Shell when it comes to how many websites are being compromised.
Oliver Sild
@OliverSild
Oct 19
⚡️We're tracking a large scale attack against UpdraftCentral connected websites. Updraft has been hacked and stolen access keys are used to backdoor the websites. patchstack.com/articles/updra…
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Oliver Sild
@OliverSild
Oct 19
⚡️We're tracking a large scale attack against UpdraftCentral connected websites. Updraft has been hacked and stolen access keys are used to backdoor the websites.
Stolen UpdraftCentral Keys Are Backdooring WordPress Sites - Patchstack
From patchstack.com
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Oliver Sild
@OliverSild
Oct 16
I don't care what you think of @elonmusk, but being able to do "stupid" things like that could actually lead to discovering technological breakthroughs that nobody expected or even knew to look for. Public may see this as "waste of money". What I see is a creative process to
Tesla
@Tesla
Oct 16
Do a kickflip!
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Oliver Sild
@OliverSild
Oct 15
We recently launched a partnership with @AEserver, and it's bringing results already! By far the biggest fulfilment I get from building @patchstackapp is when real impact is being made and when we can see clear evidence that our work has prevented companies from getting hacked.
AEserver
@AEserver
Oct 13
Replying to @AEserver and @patchstackapp
Patchstack blocks up to 74% more vulnerabilities than leading web application firewalls. It can mitigate threats up to 48 hours before they’re even public.