Gary Eckstein WordPress 17 hacks, IBM, malw, security, toyota, websites, WordPress
I came across a hacked WordPress Site today that was different to others I’ve seen before. The Site is hosted with Crazydomains here in Australia and a popup would appear every time any page on the Site was accessed. The popup made it impossible to continue using the browser. I tried the Site using Internet [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 4 malware, security, WordPress
WordPress Websites and Blogs get hacked. All Content Management (CMS) and other Website software gets hacked and as WordPress is so incredibly popular it makes sense that WordPress Sites will be hacked. Fortunately WordPress is actually very secure against malware and hackers. I offer services where I assist people and organizations to recover from hacked [...]
Gary Eckstein General Technology 0 Microsoft, scammers, scams, security, WordPress
I work from home which has the very unfortunate result of me being home to receive a multitude of scam phone-calls. I regularly assist people to recover their WordPress Websites when they have been hacked so like to understand how scammers and hackers gain access to computers, software and Online services (as this often helps [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 0 HTTP, plugins, security, themes, website, WordPress, wordpress.org
I was absolutely amazed recently when I checked my various WordPress Website log files and discovered just how many random hack attempts there are on a daily basis. I wrote yesterday about various WordPress security measures. How to discover Hacking Attempts In this case all I have done is check my error 404 ‘not found’ [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 0 hacks, passwords, plugins, security, update, websites, WordPress
A small proportion of my work is spent helping people recover from hacked WordPress Websites. Generally hacked Websites fall into one of two categories; targeted attacks or random/chance attacks. A client I assisted recently to recover from a hacked Site was the recipient of a targeted attack as he is a well known professor specializing [...]
