Here are some characteristics of malware files that can infect WordPress. If such a file is found on the server, it is most likely malware.
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We are pleased to announce the release of our new free service “Online Malware Scanner” on WordPress Doctor.
We will explain about Japanese SEO Spam, which is a malware that embeds fake Japanese product sites in WordPress.
Recently, there have been an increasing number of cases of malware that direct users to a new type of fake login page. We will explain this malware.
We recently received a question about allow_url_fopen on WordPress Doctor. We believe that there is little point in turning off allow_url_fopen on WordPress Doctor for security reasons. I would like to explain the reason for this.
This section explains how to rewrite the version to a higher value so that only certain plugins cannot be updated in WordPress.
Here are the most common unauthorized accesses that hackers target WordPress as of September 2023.
If there is a one-line include statement @include in the index.php in the top directory of WordPress or in the theme, etc., it is highly likely that the site is infected with malware.
You can reduce the chances of a successful SQL injection by changing the prefix of your WordPress database. We will explain how to do this.
We will explain how hackers hide malware when WordPress has been defaced and no malware is found.
The most common vulnerability in WordPress is called Cross Site Scripting (XSS). We would like to explain about this vulnerability.
We have received several inquiries from WordPress Doctor customers about cases of HTACCESS disappearing, settings being cut off in the middle, and 500 errors.
We have received several inquiries about the “Detected Unauthorized Access List” feature of the WordPress Doctor Malware Scanner, so we will explain it here.
The most common type of WordPress tampering these days is the hacking of WordPress sites for SEO purposes. We will explain this SEO spam.
Why do hackers (crackers) hack and tamper with WordPress? We will explain the motives of hackers who tamper with WordPress and the consequences of being hacked.
We will explain how to deal with spam indexing, a common symptom of recent WordPress tampering, in which pages that you do not remember creating are caught in the search results.
If your WordPress site has been hacked and you think you have removed the tampering, but the site still redirects (forcibly) to another site, the malformed JAVASCRIPT code may still be there somewhere.
It is said that 60% of WordPress hacks are program (theme or plugin) vulnerabilities. We will explain how to check for vulnerabilities in your plugins individually.
