Entries by Math

My WordPress website contains malware?!

It’s indeed crucial to avoid seeing such a warning on your website. Here’s how you can deal with the situation: How can the website contain malware? If your WordPress website has outdated plugins, themes, or WordPress itself, it becomes vulnerable to attacks, and bots may infect your site with malware. Even newly installed plugins can […]

WordPress security plugins – The introduction

Selecting a good security plugin for your WordPress website is essential, but using multiple security plugins simultaneously is not recommended. They may interfere with each other’s functionality, causing conflicts and reducing the overall security of your site. Here are some popular security plugins you can consider: iThemes Security iThemes Security is a powerful and comprehensive […]

How do I read base 64 code?

Indeed, hackers often encode their PHP scripts to make it harder for the server to quickly recognize them as viruses. The server won’t decode each file multiple times to read it. However, such a file can still be executed upon request, and that’s what a hack script does. Decoding a piece of base64 code When […]

10-20 plugins leak every month

Every month, 10-20 plugins are found to have vulnerabilities. By “vulnerabilities,” we mean that hackers and hack scripts can exploit the plugins to gain access to your server or WordPress site. Even this month, Akismet, Jetpack, and Ninja Forms have been added to the official list of vulnerabilities on WPScan. Interestingly, Akismet was developed to […]

FTP through the admin, it can be done!

Every now and then, you come across those exceptional plugins that make your life a little bit easier. One such plugin is CYSTEME Finder Download the plugin (zip file). The plugin is called “CYSTEME Finder, a file explorer,” and it’s a neat plugin that allows you to take a peek at the server without needing […]

Can your WordPress site go to the junkyard?

Sometimes, people wonder if it’s worth securing their website, but the technical explanations about themes, plugins, databases, and content can be difficult to understand. So, let’s take a new approach: What if your website were a car? The Frame – WordPress WordPress can last for years, but if you never update it, it may develop […]

Securing WordPress: from A to Z

Admin was the default username for new WordPress installations for years. Many users didn’t change it, resulting in thousands of hacked WordPress websites. And even now, that username is still used too often! Backdoors allow hackers to regain access to your WordPress website through a single line of code. Code is often written in PHP […]

Help!!! My hosting provider has taken my WordPress offline

From one day to another, your web host informs you that your WordPress website was sending spam and has been taken offline until the issue is resolved. This happens weekly with WordPress websites, and it is the only way for the web host to protect the server and all other customers from the problems caused […]