Seeing a ‘This site may be hacked’ message under your site in Google search results is alarming. Your visitors seeing it is downright terrifying. Many people still wonder if going on such a site can cause their device to be hacked, so you are bound to see a huge negative impact on your site if…

WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world. It powers 43% of all websites on the Internet. And due to its popularity, it is a popular target for hackers. According to a 2018 Sucuri report, 90% of all CMS-based websites cleaned by it during that year were WordPress websites. No WordPress user…

WordPress file permissions are a hotly debated topic, and you will find tons of advice (quite a bit of it incorrect) online. WordPress also has an article about file permissions and how to set them to secure your site, but those instructions are hard to follow.  In this article, we have put together a complete…

Whitelisting IP addresses is a manual way to ensure that certain IPs have access to your WordPress website. In some cases, it is because you have a private site for limited users. Other times, it is because plugin IPs are blocked and they cannot function properly. We have often seen this when one website has…

MalCare is a new face in WordPress plugins for security, but is considered a strong contender alongside the biggest names like Wordfence and Sucuri. But, does it make sense to spring for a subscription when there is a free version available?  Security plugins protect sites from hackers, their malware, their bots, therefore security is not…

Brute force attacks can overwhelm sites, even before an attack is actually successful. These attacks on WordPress sites hammer the login page, attempting to break through to your site dashboard. If you see a lot of requests on for wp-login.php or wp-admin, you may well be under a brute force attack. Install a WordPress firewall with…

Pharma hack is a prolific malware that redirects visitors from your site to an online pharmacy that sells Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, Xanax, Tadalafil, and other drugs. It also shows up in Google’s search results in messed up meta descriptions and titles, advertising online pharmacies.  If you are seeing pharma keywords in your site’s search results…