Nulled Plugins and “Free” Themes: How Malware Really Gets onto WordPress
How nulled plugins and pirated themes hide backdoors, which signs to look for in the code, and how to verify them with WP-CLI and a comparison against the…
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BLOG · WORDPRESS SECURITY
Analysis and deep dives
on WordPress security.
How malware gets in, where it hides and how to really remove it: files, database, cron jobs, processes and logs.
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Why Security Plugins Miss Malware: The Limits of Signature-Based Scanners
Signatures, heuristics and blind spots: why a scanner running inside WordPress cannot see obfuscated malware, SQL triggers, cron jobs and processes, and how to use it well.
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Stolen FTP credentials from a developer’s PC: when the infection comes from the client
Infostealers, FileZilla, and saved passwords: how FTP logs reveal a stolen login and in what order to rotate credentials before cleaning the site.
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My WordPress site was hacked: what to do in the first two hours
Hacked WordPress site? What to do right away: a forensic copy of files, database, and logs, maintenance mode, credentials to change in the right order, mistakes to avoid.
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Blacklist removal: the review in Google Search Console
Google Safe Browsing, SmartScreen, antivirus and email blacklists: how to request a review in Search Console, when to do it and what timelines to expect.
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“Deleted” PHP processes: malware that lives only in memory
PHP processes deleted from disk but alive in memory, with fake names like kworker: how to find them in /proc, avoid false positives, and save the evidence.
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Hardening wp-config.php: Salts, Constants, and File Permissions
After a cleanup: check wp-config.php, regenerate keys and salts, use the security constants, and set file permissions and ownership correctly.
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JavaScript skimmer in the WooCommerce checkout
How a JavaScript skimmer steals card data in the WooCommerce checkout, where it hides, how to find it from the browser and with a CSP, and what to…
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Japanese SEO Spam: Injected Pages and Search Results Taken Over
Thousands of Japanese pages indexed under your domain: how cloaked SEO spam works, how to see it the way Google does, and how to clean up Search Console.
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