Website hacking – what does it mean? & What WordPress security issues you should be aware of

In this section, it will be enough to list several major technical ways how website (or server-side infrastructure) can be hacked, so that someone could grasp the overall picture:(the ways how to protect from these and other hacks are given in one of the next sections below)

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•Guessing admin name and password – hacking scripts just make tons of requests and finally guess login credentials

•Sending a malicious command to database

•Changing the code of website

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• Changing websites scripts to control users’ browser

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• Input forms to steal sensitive information like credit card credentials or admin user/password

• Stealing authentication and session information to be able to use login and password

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Stealing cookies, the hacks can be done on these levels:

• client level (operation system and browser)

• website level (software, e.g. WordPress, plugins)

• server level (e.g. hosting)

• network level (connection breaches, e.g. insecure wi-fi)

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• The most scary thing is that someone may even not notice that he or she have been hacked

• But a malicious code can be on website doing its harm for business and even for visitors silently

How Website Can Be Hacked

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How Website Can Be Hacked

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•Hacking is constantly evolving game

•New methods and vulnerabilities are discovered and used by hackers year by year

WordPress Security Issue should be aware of

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Here are the general vulnerable spots directly connected with your WordPress website:• WordPress core

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Here are the general vulnerable spots directly connected with your WordPress website:

• Hosting vulnerabilities

• Insecurities in WordPress themes

• Plugins security breaches

• Insecure passwords

•Website file access insecure permissions

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• Hackers have a lot of potential because of people’s predictability, laziness or lack of awareness

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• For example, less than 17% of WP sites use the most recent WP version as of time of writing this

• It means that majority of WP sites can be hacked much easier

• So it’s people who are lazy to keep their WordPress version up to date

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• Although WordPress core is pretty secure WordPress add-ons such as themes and plugins are not reliable

•The speaker says WP plugins are generally not secure at all and it’s not exaggeration

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•All these weaknesses in plugins, themes etc take place for laziness of developers and lack of developer’s expertise in security

•Serious providers update products regularly fixing new security weaknesses

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