A  hacked website costs you readers, search engine rank and time and money.
Use these tips to help you find and clean a WordPress website from hacked code and malicious malware links inserted into the website code.

Wordpress hacking

WordPress vulnerabilities ; SQL injection, JavaScript insertion and.htaccess hacks are all common ways to alter the content on your WordPress website.Some hackers redirect users to another website, other hackers insert malicious links and some other hackers use the .htaccess file to steal Google rank. If you think you are hacked, here are some common sings to search for in your website code.

Check Your.htaccess File :

The .htaccess file is always in the root dlretory of your
WordPress site. The .htaccess file lets you control how the
server handles website requests such as Google crawler
access and URL redirections Hackers who gain access to the
.htaccess file insert a few lines of code that redirect
search englnes. The hacked code detects the “user
agent”value, which is passed from a web browser or
search engine to the WordPress server. If the user agent is
“Google,” the hacked .htaccess file redirects Google to
the hacked website. This hack 1s completely invisible to
your WordPress readers, and it only affects Google rank
The following code is an example of hacked .htaccess code:

RewriteCond %{HTT-REFERER} .*google.* [OR]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http//hackedsite.com/index.php
[R=301,L]

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One of the most important ways to stay secure is to stay informed !

Web application security is a critical task, and communicating to you about security is one of the most important factors in keeping your site safe. Ironically, even mentioning security publicly is a challenge, as many hackers see it as an invitation to find new .Hackers use different exploit (public and private attacks) several sites are reporting very suspicious infection every day by google . Attackers inject:

• Malware
• Worms
• Trojan Horses
• Spyware
• Dishonest adware
• Crime ware amongst other malicious threats

This is some reason why google flag your website: “This site may harm your computer”.

This site may harm your computer

One of the most important ways to stay secure is to stay informed. Hackers continually try new approaches, discover new vulnerabilities, and attempt different exploits. As sysmox team find out about potential vulnerabilities, we try to respond webmaster quickly that you can : Applying security fixes may mean installing a software update, modifying your system configuration, or changing how you code your web application.

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The number of vulnerabilities discovered is still on the rise with an increase of more than 70% over the past two years .

sysmox delivers vulnerability management security solutions that provide websites of all sizes with a more effective way to secure and manage their most valuable digital assets.

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Why Manage Vulnerabilities :

The reality today is that the amount of security information is virtually unmanageable and on top of this the number of newly discovered vulnerabilities is increasing while time for remediation is decreasing. This forces IT departments to reassess their approach to protect the corporate web server.

The effectiveness of targeted and automated websites attacks has clearly demonstrated that most web portals are without sufficient vulnerability protection strategies despite the fact that 99% of all exploits leverage known vulnerabilities (Source: US CERT). Hackers use vulnerabilities to exploit web sites with a JavaScript malware most website got flaged “this site may harm your computer” .

Attacker use wordpress vulnerabilities ; Oscommerce ; In-house … to target websites .

This site may harm your computer

sysmox’s aim is to give you exactly the intelligence you need to address vulnerabilities fast and effectively before intruders cause serious harm to your website.

Whether you control security from a central security department or have distributed security responsibilities, our services assure that you receive security alerts tailored to your IT infrastructure.

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Timthumb is particularly fame in WordPress themes and plugins; Web master should updated the library   ; This attack can be exploited by hackers .

After Timthumb.php hacking High risk vulnerabilities was discovered in wordpress blugins Exploiting this bugs an attacker can that allows  retrieve remotely any information credentials from a vulnerable blugs ; some of them lack of validation in this query string most of them are remotely exploitable.

Sence 2011-08-05 more then 15 blugins are vulnerable :

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