Category: Security Advice

Google Dorking Exposes WordPress Vulnerabilities

Published on June 29, 2021

What is Google Dorking? Google Dorking or Google Hacking is a search technique that involves advanced operators to craft specific search queries. These search queries could provide SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) with a list of vulnerable sites. The exploitation of the Google Search Engine makes it possible to look up sensitive data and vulnerable […]

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How To Protect Site From Malware Upload By File Upload Form

Published on June 28, 2021

This article explains how to protect your website from malware upload by File Upload Form. Statistics show that file upload vulnerabilities are WordPress’s third most common vulnerability type. Hackers will often use file upload vulnerabilities to spread malware, gain access to web servers, perform attacks on visitors to a website, host illegal files, and much […]

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How To Remove WordPress Redirects?

Published on June 21, 2021

This blog post explains how to remove redirects in WordPress. To remove WordPress redirects you should know how redirections work. One common attack vector used against WordPress websites involves compromising files to cause the website to automatically redirect users to another location. This kind of attack is called malicious redirection. There are multiple ways to […]

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What Is A Brute-Force Attack?

Published on June 17, 2021

Every day, countless WordPress websites face automated login attempts from malicious bots. In 2023 alone, thousands of WordPress sites fell victim to successful brute-force attacks, leading to data breaches, malware infections, and significant business disruptions. But what exactly is a brute force attack, and how can you protect your WordPress site against these persistent threats? […]

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What is OWASP? OWASP Top 10 Security By Design Principles

Published on June 16, 2021

This blog post focuses on explaining the security by design principles according to The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). The cost of cybercrime continues to increase each year. In a single day, there are about 780,000 data records are lost due to security breaches, 33,000 new phishing messages, and 4,000 ransomware attacks globally. Analysts […]

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