Sucuri Sit-Down Episode 4: XSS & WP Plugin Vulnerabilities with Antony Garand
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and we’re back with analyst Antony Garand to take a deeper look into cross site scripting (XSS) attacks and WordPress plugin vulnerabilities. Plus, host Justin Channell will catch you up on the latest website...Add a WordPress Admin User Account via PHP
Sometimes our WordPress plugin users need to create an Admin user account for their sites. In this tutorial I will share a small PHP code with you that can be used to create a WordPress Administrator user to your site. Alternatively, you can also create a WordPress...High Severity Vulnerability Patched in Child Theme Creator by Orbisius
On September 9, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Child Theme Creator by Orbisius, a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 sites. This flaw gave attackers the ability to forge requests on behalf of an administrator in order to modify...
Moving WordPress from Localhost to Server – Complete Guide
Worried that shifting your WordPress site to an online server won’t work? You’re right to be. If migration is done incorrectly, it could cause errors that are hard to detect and resolve. Many give up on moving WordPress from a localhost to a server because it’s...
WP-Admin Not Working? Fix ‘Can’t Access WordPress Admin’ Error
Struggling to access your WordPress admin? If you can’t access WordPress admin of your site, it spells a world of trouble. You won’t be able to make changes to your website or fix any errors. But worse, it could mean that a hacker has taken control of your site...
Redirects to YouTube Defacement Channel
During a recent investigation, we found an infected website was redirecting to YouTube after its main index.php file had been modified to include the following line of HTML: <meta http-equiv=’refresh’...
iThemes Security Pro Feature Spotlight – Away Mode
In the Feature Spotlight posts, we will highlight a feature in the iThemes Security Pro plugin and share a bit about why we developed the feature, who the feature is for, and how to use the feature. Today we will cover Away Mode, a cool feature to create...
Fixed: This Site is Experiencing Technical Difficulties
Frustrated by the error ‘This Site is Experiencing Technical Difficulties’ on your WordPress site? We’ve been there too. Considering this error doesn’t give you details of what’s wrong, it becomes difficult to pinpoint the cause and fix it. In the...