{"id":21518,"date":"2023-10-01T11:50:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T09:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/?p=21518"},"modified":"2023-07-13T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T09:52:32","slug":"90-wordpress-sites-infected-undetected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/en\/90-wordpress-sites-infected-undetected\/","title":{"rendered":"90% WordPress sites infected undetected"},"content":{"rendered":"
90% of all WordPress websites are infected with malware without you knowing it.<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are 5 reasons<\/strong> why WordPress sites are infected unnoticed:<\/p>\n No, unfortunately, it’s not just a strong story. The above five reasons are daily realities. There is a significant amount of internet crime because WordPress, plugins, and themes are used globally. Clever hackers who want to make money<\/a> create malware<\/em><\/strong> in Russia or China, which works just as well here and spreads from server to server.<\/p>\n We manage WordPress websites for many businesses that value security. We provide preventive security, maintenance, monitoring, backups, and more! Everything to ensure that your site is free from malware<\/em><\/strong> or to prevent future infections.<\/p>\n\n
\nThat’s the trick of hacking scripts – they place malware on your website that operates stealthily and goes unnoticed by the server’s security measures. One way this works is by externally loading scripts and encoding the code<\/a>.<\/li>\n
\nA hacker won’t personally target your website but has written a script that tests and infects thousands of websites per hour. It’s all automated. Every website found on Google is a potential target, regardless of its size.<\/li>\n
\nThe aforementioned cookies ensure that ads are shown only once or that visitors are redirected once. So, the second time you visit the website, you think everything is fine. But every new visitor still sees the ads.<\/li>\n
\nBad news: 70% of web administrators cannot completely remove malware, let alone detect it!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nPure scare tactics! Marketing!<\/h2>\n
What you can do to prevent and detect malware<\/h2>\n
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Still a bit of advertising<\/h2>\n