Slider Revolution (RevSlider) case study will explain the risks of “plug-ins that are out of license or have been moved to paid” and how to deal with vulnerabilities of such plug-ins.
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We will explain why WordPress has been tampered with but various tests show ‘nothing abnormal’.
We will explain various aspects of how to respond when a WordPress site you are maintaining is discovered to be infected with malware by a client.
We will explain how to use a security plugin to automatically prevent WordPress htaccess and index.php from being rewritten by malware.
WordFence says “no problem” even though the site is infected with malware, and Google Search Console is giving a malware warning. Or conversely, we will explain the discrepancy where WordFence detects malware and Search Console and Safe Browsing show no problem.
We will explain the latest password policy (how to determine a unified password) when using WordPress with multiple administrators and editors (contributors).
We will explain why plug-ins can be compromised even if they are up-to-date – vulnerabilities created by “obsolete plug-ins” based on the attack patterns we have detected.
This section explains what to do if you have installed 2FA or other security plugins for WordPress and can no longer log in yourself.
We will explain actual cases of WordPress plug-ins becoming malware due to acquisition by another company or hijacking of wordpress.org accounts, and how to prevent this from happening in advance.
There are cases where WordPress is infected with malware even though WordPress itself and all plugins are up-to-date. We will explain the real route of entry in this case.
We will explain why you may not notice that your WordPress site has been tampered with and how to create a mechanism for early detection.
Polymorphic malware (polymorphic malware) that infects WordPress will be described.
A brute force attack may be the cause of the frequent 504 and 403 errors on your WordPress site. We will explain the symptoms and how to deal with this issue.
We will explain why WordPress brute force attacks cannot be prevented by login screen security alone and what to do about it.
We will explain five blind spots that are more dangerous for WordPress operators who think they have security measures in place.
We will explain why nulled (illegally distributed) WordPress themes/plugins are dangerous.
After WordPress has been tampered with, we explain why backups are dangerous.
Hackers may install malicious plugins (wp-cleansong, wp-cache, optimize-core, system.php, etc.) once they have successfully infiltrated a WordPress site. This section describes how to deal with the installation of such unauthorized plug-ins.
