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WordPress Common Attacks

There are many ways to hack a WordPress Site, here we present the common attacks so you can prevent your website from being hacked. If it's too late you can get in touch with us!

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WordPress Common Attacks

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  1. W O R D P R E S S C O M M O N A T T A C K S Prevent your WordPress Website from being hacked

  2. DETECT MALWAREAND INFECTIONS Thousandsofmalwaretypesandinfectionsareactiveonthe Internet; fortunately, notallapplytoWordPress. We’lllookatfourofthemostcommonattackson WordPressusers:

  3. 01 BACKDOORS Abackdoorletsanattackergainaccessto yourenvironmentvia -whatyouwould considerbeingabnormalmethods- FTP, SFTP, WP-ADMIN, etc. Backdoorsare exceptionallydangerous, themost dangerouscancauseseriousdamageon yourserver; commonlytheseattackoften happensbecauseofout-of-datesoftwareor securityholesinthecode. Likemostinfections, thisonecanbe encodedorencrypted, however, it’snot alwaysassimpleaslookingforthe encryptedcode; thereareseveral instancesinwhichitlookslike legitimatecode. Backdoorscomeinall differentsizes. Insomecases, a backdoorisassimpleasafilename beingchanged, inothercases, thecode isembeddedinaseeminglybenignfile

  4. 02 DRIVE-BYDOWNLOADS Thepointofadrive-bydownloadis oftentodownloadapayloadonto youruser’slocalmachine, oneofthe mostcommonpayloadsinformsthe userthattheirwebsitehasbeen infectedandthattheyneedto installananti-virusproduct. There areanumberofwaysthisattackcan getin, themostcommoncausesare Outofdatesoftware, compromised credentials (wp-admin, FTP) andSQL injection. Thiskindofattackshave beenfunctioningasconditional malware, thismeansthattheyare designedwithrulesthathavetobe metbeforetheinfectionpresents itself. Usingascannersuchas SiteChecktoseewhetheryouare infectedispossible. Scannersare prettygoodatpickinguplink injections.

  5. 03 PHARMAHACK Pharmahackisoneofthemostprevalentinfectionsaround. Itshouldnotbeconfused withmalware; it’sactuallycategorizedasSPAM. LikemostSPAM-typeinfections, pharmahackislargelyaboutcontrollingtraffic. SPAMinjectionscanbeidentifiedby navigatingyourwebsite, lookingatyourads, links, postsandpages, but, themost effectivemethodofdetectionisbyenablingsometypeofauditingorfilemonitoring onyourWordPresswebsite, inordertoseewhennewfileshavebeenaddedorwhen changeshavebeenmade. REMEMBER: Ifyou’refoundtobedistributingSPAM, yourun theriskofbeingflaggedbyGooglewiththefollowingalert: Thissitemaybe compromised!

  6. 04 MALICIOUSREDIRECTS Amaliciousredirectsendsausertoamaliciouswebsite. Whenavisitorisredirected toawebsiteotherthanthemainone, thewebsitemayormaynotcontainamalicious payload. Themaliciousredirectcouldbegeneratedbyabackdoor; thehackerwould scanforavulnerabilityand, whentheyfindit, uploadapayloadthatfunctionsasa backdoor. Detectingaredirectisnotascomplexasdetectingsomeoftheother infections, itisoftenfoundinyour .htaccessfileorinyourPHPfiles (header.php, footer.phporindex.php, etc.) asanencodedredirect. Thereareafewwaystocheck forinfectionslikeusingafreescanner, suchasgtmetrixortolistentoyourusers. You mightnotdetecttheredirect, butsometimesauserwillalertyoutoit.

  7. NEEDMORE? 5 Signs of WordPress Attacks Tips for WordPress Security Run an Intrusion Audit Orifyouneedhelpfromour professionalteam, contactus! WordPressOptimization ClickITSmartTechnologies ArticleSource: https://www.clickittech.com/wordpress/wordpress- common-attacks

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