MalCare Security Blog
Practical WordPress security guides from the MalCare team: cleaning hacked sites, hardening WordPress, and choosing the right tools.
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How to Prevent Hacks Through Malicious Plugin Slug Changes with MalCare
Learn how malicious WordPress plugin slug changes can hide updates and how MalCare alerts you before the weakness becomes an attack path.
MalCare’s Atomic Security Thwarts Attacks Exploiting Critical Yoast SEO XSS Vulnerability
A serious cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in the Yoast SEO plugin, where attackers can compromise a website if a site
MalCare Blocks Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks Plugin
Review the critical Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks privilege-escalation flaw, affected versions, technical details, and protection steps.
WordPress File Permissions: Complete Beginner’s Guide
Worried that your WordPress file permissions are incorrect? Here’s how to set correct permissions before hackers exploit them.
Big Changes to MalCare’s Malware Cleanup Reports
We’ve given our malware cleanup reports a makeover at MalCare!
How to Protect Against the AnonymousFox Hack and Secure Your WordPress Site
We’ve put together this article to arm you with the knowledge to counter the AnonymousFox hack. You'll gain insights into the tactics that AnonymousFox uses
Web Host Security: How do Web Hosts Affect Website Security?
Understand what a web host protects, where hosting security ends, and how shared infrastructure affects WordPress risk and performance.
What Are File Inclusion & Arbitrary Code Execution?
File inclusion and Arbitrary Code Execution are among the most common hack attacks. In this post, we’ll try and understand how...
Reasons Why Hackers Hack WordPress Sites
Understand why hackers target WordPress sites, from reputation and stolen server resources to spam, cryptocurrency mining, and data theft.
Pros and Cons of a Plugin-Based Firewall
Understand the benefits and limitations of plugin-based WordPress firewalls, including bypass risks, server load, and attack coverage.
Why Cleaning of a Hacked Site Cannot Be Done Manually
Have a read on why cleaning hacked site can''t be done manually and how to do it properly. See our guide and learn how we clean hacked sites.
How to Keep Your WordPress Theme and Plugin Code Secure
You got your code up and running, excellent! But how about its protection? You will get nowhere if your WordPress plugin security is not...