Malware that reads files that do not originally exist and writes them to various folders with “$wp_update_file=” in WordPress is detected very often these days.
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The following are the three vulnerabilities that are most likely to be exploited if discovered on a WordPress site. If your site contains any plug-ins or other components that are vulnerable to these vulnerabilities, we recommend that you take action as soon as possible.
If you get a 403Forbidden error on the bottom page of your WordPress site or on the admin page, you may be infected with malware
This section explains how to prevent a brute force attack on XMLRPC.php in WordPress.
We would like to introduce a case in which malware infection led to a lawsuit by a client who requested us to investigate the status of malware infection.
We will explain the vulnerabilities that you should be especially aware of in WordPress.
There is an increasing amount of malware infecting index.php in every folder in WordPress. This malware will be explained.
This section describes the features that should be implemented in the WordPress security plugin.
This section describes the problem of wordpress upgrade.php and install.php leaking the wordpress version and how to deal with it.
This is a brief glossary of common vulnerability attacks on WordPress.
Here is what to do if a user complains that a WordPress site sends them to another site.
Malware infections are spreading in WordPress that cleverly disguise themselves as common programs.
We will explain how to directly edit plug-ins and other plug-ins to close vulnerabilities in WordPress plug-ins without updating the plug-ins.
Unlike common computer viruses, malware that infects WordPress often rewrites the legitimate WordPress core files to become a parasite. We will explain the reasons for this and how to deal with it.
Cookie hijacking, which is the theft of cookies from logged-in WordPress users, will be explained.
We will explain the malware (a malicious program that is embedded after a WordPress site is defaced) that uses raw.githubusercontent.com to infect WordPress.
If a page you do not remember creating is registered in Google Search Console, it is possible that your WordPress site was infected with malware and generated a malicious page.
This section explains how to disable WordPress’ standard search function and return a 404 page.