Spamdexing: What is SEO Spam & How to Remove It
Rianna MacLeod Ever had an uninvited guest crash your party, resulting in chaos, confusion, and some unhappy visitors? Well, SEO spam is that party crasher — just…
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Remote Code Execution Backdoor Uses Unicode Obfuscation & Non-Standard File Extensions
Ben Martin Readers of this blog will know that attackers are constantly finding new ways to hide their malware and avoid detection; after all, that’s what good…
Website Hacktools: Types, Threats & Detection
When we think about website malware, visible infection symptoms most often come to mind: unwanted ads or pop-ups, redirects to third party sites, or spam…
How to Generate WordPress Salts & Security Keys: Step by Step Instructions
Kaushal Bhavsar In the realm of WordPress security, there’s a powerful tag team working tirelessly behind the scenes to safeguard your website’s login process. Meet salts and…
How to Update, Install & Remove WordPress Plugins & Themes With WP-CLI
WordPress, like other open-source content management systems, allows you to enhance your website’s appearance and functionality through custom code and third-party components like plugins and…
How to Secure Your Online Store: A Ecommerce Security Primer
Victor Santoyo Welcome to another installment in helping website owners secure their digital assets, this time with a focus on the world of ecommerce. If you’re an…
What Is a Keylogger?
Welcome to the world of keyloggers, where every keystroke you make may be watched, recorded, and potentially used against you! Now that we’ve got your…
Vulnerability in Essential Addons for Elementor Leads to Mass Infection
On May 11th, 2023, the very popular WordPress plugin Essential Addons for Elementor released a patch for a critical privilege escalation vulnerability, initially discovered by…
WordPress 6.2.1 Security & Maintenance Release
Cesar Anjos On May 16, 2023, the WordPress core team released a crucial update — WordPress 6.2.1. This latest security and maintenance release addresses a number of…
Websites Defaced with Belarusian Bottled Water Company Content
It’s not often that we get the opportunity to write about website defacements on this blog. Defacements — where a website homepage is replaced with…
Xjquery Wave of WordPress SocGholish Injections
Denis Sinegubko In November, 2022, my colleague Ben Martin described how hackers were using zipped files and encrypted WordPress options stored in the database to inject SocGholish…