Why Hackers Hack: WordPress websites are a popular target for hackers. 714 new WordPress sites are created every day which makes WordPress the fastest growing content management service in the world. This sort of popularity has a price. It comes with a target placed on the back. It explains why hackers choose to target WordPress…

Why is Getting Hacked Harmful: Here’s a scenario – you wake up one fine day, get your morning coffee and open your laptop to find something strange happening to your WordPress website. You are horrified to find out that you can’t log into your site, Google has blacklisted your site blocking people you can’t visit your site…

WordPress a popular target: WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world powering over 30% of the global websites. Whether it’s a small business or a large enterprise, anyone who thinks of building a website will consider WordPress. And for good reason too because it’s an open source software, it’s customizable, and backed by an…

Plugin-based firewall: We human are under protection from the moment we are born. We are clothed, kept under a shelter called home and when we grow up to become someone important we are given more layers of protection (like armed guards). Likewise, a website needs many layers of protection. Firewall is one such layer. It takes…

Layered Defense: Earlier this week, we learned that a WordPress-based ticket distribution site was hacked. The hacker also stole and leaked details of customers and employees. This is not usual. Every few months, we learn of either a massive hack attempt made on numerous websites or a big website being compromised, backdoors being inserted, or…

It’s not time to rest yet! Cleaning a WordPress site is only half the job! If you don’t have post-cleanup measures in place, hackers will return. Following a hack, one of the first things that hackers do is create backdoors so that they can keep returning to your site even after it’s clean. A few security…

Theme Affects Security of a Site: When I built my first WordPress (WP) site, I remember fiddling with many free themes. I tried out every free theme I got my hands on, designing and redesigning the website. Back then I had no idea that one has to be careful in selecting a theme since it…

The internet is such a powerful medium of communication that brands can no longer ignore it if they mean to grow. From multinational companies to small businesses, everyone has a website. Which enables them to connect with their clients and even expand their reach. Having a virtual presence is almost as important to have a physical…

Are you dreading a hack attack any moment? With hundreds and thousands of WordPress sites becoming targets of hack attempts each year, the paranoia is justified. To combat this situation, there are several security solutions on the market who promise to protect and preserve your website from malicious bots, hackers and the rest. But how…

Finding out that your website is hacked is a nightmare. Once your site is hacked, hackers will exploit your resources or redirect your visitors to their own websites or insert backdoors, etc. These can have a devastating effort on your website hence if your site is hacked, security experts strongly recommend cleaning it immediately. A…