When you post or reply to comments in WordPress, your nickname is shown publicly. By default, this nickname is the same as your username. This is a problem because: Exposes Your Username: Hackers can see it, giving them half of your login details. Easier for Brute-Force Attacks: Once they know your username, they only need […]
It was a typical morning when I received a panicked call from a client: “My website is redirecting visitors to unrelated sites whenever they come from Google searches! Sales have taken a massive hit, and I have no idea what’s going on!” The client was understandably anxious. His business heavily relied on organic traffic from […]
Denial of Service (DoS) attacks aim to disrupt the availability of a website or service by overwhelming it with a flood of requests. The attack’s primary goal is to exhaust the server’s resources—such as CPU, memory, or bandwidth—making it unable to handle legitimate traffic. In severe cases, this can crash the website, causing downtime and […]
Have you ever experienced painfully slow website load times without a clear reason? One of my clients recently faced this exact issue—their website was taking a frustrating 15-20 seconds to load each page. After conducting exhaustive checks on Cloudflare settings, file optimizations, and other common bottlenecks, the culprit turned out to be something unexpected: resource […]
In the world of web development, especially when managing a large website, security threats are an ongoing concern. One of the most common issues developers face is the injection of malware into PHP files. Recently, I encountered a situation where a client’s website was heavily infected with a PHP-based malware across 12,718 files. Fortunately, using […]