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Where is WordPress being hacked from? Find out the vulnerabilities of plugins and WordPress itself!

Where is WordPress being hacked from? Find out the vulnerabilities of plugins and WordPress itself!

If you have been a victim of WordPress defacement or hacking and have viruses or malware embedded in your site, or if you repeatedly find yourself in a similar situation, you may wonder where hackers are getting into your site. In this article, we will explain how to find vulnera

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How to check individual WordPress plugins for vulnerabilities

How to check individual WordPress plugins for vulnerabilities

Hacking using plug-in vulnerabilities, which account for the majority of WordPress malware infections (tampering damage), has been increasing in recent years. Plug-in vulnerabilities are sometimes fixed by the creators of the plug-ins, so it is advisable to keep all plug-ins up-t

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What if I get infected with malware disguised as an ico file in wordpress?

What if I get infected with malware disguised as an ico file in wordpress?

We will provide an explanation of the malware that disguises itself as an ico file, which has recently been on a rampage, and introduce countermeasures.

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How to block or allow access to only certain IPs in WordPress

How to block or allow access to only certain IPs in WordPress

We will explain how to block certain IPs in WordPress or allow only certain IPs access to the admin panel, for example.

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What to do when WordPress is repeatedly tampered with (infected with malware and viruses) due to hacking

What to do when WordPress is repeatedly tampered with (infected with malware and viruses) due to hacking

If you have gone to the trouble of removing viruses and tampering from your WordPress site, but are immediately reinfected (tampering due to hijacking), here are the causes and remedies.

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Learn how hackers rewrite (alter) files on your WordPress site to increase security!

Learn how hackers rewrite (alter) files on your WordPress site to increase security!

As convenience and site functionality increases with the improved capabilities of programs on servers, not just WordPress, tampering with files on servers has become a major problem. In this article, we will explain how hackers rewrite WordPress files and consider ways to improve

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How to prevent hijacking of WordPress admin rights

How to prevent hijacking of WordPress admin rights

WordPress has been increasingly hijacked by hackers, resulting in loss of access to the site, becoming a stepping stone for spam mails, or being redirected to another overseas site. In this article, we will explain how to prevent WordPress hijackers from taking over your WordPres

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How to restrict IP addresses that can log in to WordPress

How to restrict IP addresses that can log in to WordPress

If you are running a WordPress site with a fixed IP and very few administrative users, restricting IP access to the admin screen can be very secure. Restricting access to the admin panel is very easy with the HTACCESS file.

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How to find out if WordPress is infected with malware (virus) or how to locate the file.

How to find out if WordPress is infected with malware (virus) or how to locate the file.

Are you experiencing any symptoms such as WordPress behaving strangely, server administrators notifying you that your site is infected with malware, or spam emails that redirect you to other sites without your permission? We will explain how to check if WordPress is infected with

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WordPress Security Improvement Plugin Vulnerability Edition

WordPress Security Improvement Plugin Vulnerability Edition

One of the most common methods of WordPress hacking is to exploit plugin vulnerabilities. Plugin vulnerabilities can range from serious to minor, such as a link in a spam email that redirects the user. In this article, we will discuss the most serious vulnerability, called “

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What is a WordPress Web Backdoor? We explain its dangers and methods.

What is a WordPress Web Backdoor? We explain its dangers and methods.

What is a backdoor? A so-called backdoor as a computer security term refers to a communication connection feature installed in a computer (without the knowledge of others) to allow unauthorized use of a computer feature that originally used IDs and passwords to verify usage right

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8 characteristics of sites that can be hacked by WordPress

8 characteristics of sites that can be hacked by WordPress

We would like to explain the most common characteristics of the sites we have repaired at WordPress Doctor that have suffered malware damage due to hacker infiltration. If you take the following security measures, you will be able to reduce hacker infiltration to a great extent.

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Analysis of WordPress Malware Redirect Hack Techniques

Analysis of WordPress Malware Redirect Hack Techniques

WordPress Doctor has been recovering sites that have suffered malware tampering, and we would like to explain what kind of redirect hacks (site tampering in which users who access the site are directed to Chinese sites, security sites, etc. without permission) that many sites in

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7 sites that can scan WordPress for malware from URLs

7 sites that can scan WordPress for malware from URLs

WordPress is the most popular CMS (Content Management System), as it is said that 25% of websites are made with WordPress. Therefore, there is no end to the number of defacements that can be caused by login hacks (brute force attacks on IDs and passwords) through a common mechani

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Free WordPress:Best Malware Scan & Security Plug-in, made in Japan [Malware and Virus Detection and Removal].

Free WordPress:Best Malware Scan & Security Plug-in, made in Japan [Malware and Virus Detection and Removal].

24-hour protection for your WordPress site. Plug-in that checks (detects and confirms) and removes defacement, hijacking, hacking, malware, backdoors, and virus infection of your WordPress site, and restores your WordPress site. Plug-in that checks and detects WordPress site code

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Wordpress WordPress How to delete a large number of spam comments in bulk and how to deal with spam comments.

WordPress WordPress How to delete a large number of spam comments in bulk and how to deal with spam comments.

Do you have a WordPress site and are having trouble with the large number of spam comments being posted and not being able to delete them, or spam comments not stopping being posted? In this article, we will explain the countermeasures against spam comments based on a case in whi

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What is xmlrpc.php in WordPress, XMLRPC security and whether to stop using it

What is xmlrpc.php in WordPress, XMLRPC security and whether to stop using it

WordPress includes a program called xmlrpc.php to control WordPress from the outside. In this article, I would like to write about this file and its security.

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Wordpress Examples of redirect hacks where Wordpress WordPress redirects to another site without permission and how to deal with them.

WordPress Examples of redirect hacks where WordPress WordPress redirects to another site without permission and how to deal with them.

Recently, there have been an increasing number of cases where sites have been tampered with, redirecting users to a fake Windows virus removal page or PC repair page only when accessing the site via Google. In this issue, we will deliver an explanation of this case and countermea

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