WordPress sites hacked for mining cryptocurrencies
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WordPress sites hacked for mining cryptocurrencies

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You may have heard of Bitcoin and Litecoin, just two of the cryptocurrencies we find being used all over the world as an alternative to traditional coin, metals, and paper currency. But what you may not have heard is that WordPress websites are being hacked to be used a mining machines. How does it work?…

WordPress website server attacked using xmlrpc.php
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WordPress website server attacked using xmlrpc.php

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Having your WordPress website get hacked is no fun at all, especially when you find out it’s being used to attack other websites. But that’s exactly what happened recently to a client of ours. The issue came about with the xmlrpc.php file used by WordPress plug-ins such as Jetpack. The vulnerable file can be altered…