Hacked Sites & Malware articles
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How to tell if your site has been compromised
Most infections don't announce themselves - they show up as small, odd symptoms before anything looks obviously...
Hacked Sites & Malware 472
How to clean up a compromised site
Cleaning up is only half the job - if the door that let the infection in stays open, it comes back. Work through...
Hacked Sites & Malware 331
Removing the red Google warning from your site
It is the red screen covering the whole site, with a line like «the site ahead contains malware» or «deceptive site...
Hacked Sites & Malware 225
Ransomware explained: how it reaches a website or a computer and how to be ready
The short answer: ransomware is malicious software that encrypts your files and demands a ransom to give them back....
Hacked Sites & Malware 230
After a hack, which backup do you restore? Choosing a clean copy
The short answer: restore the last copy from before the infection, not the most recent one. If you restore...
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An abandoned plugin or an old PHP version: how to spot the risks on your site
The short answer: most hacked sites were not caught by a clever attack, but by an old part with a known flaw: a...
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The scan says clean but the site still redirects: where an infection hides
The short answer: a scan only sees what it knows how to recognise. A modern infection hides outside the files you...
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Scanning your site for malware in cPanel: what Imunify finds and what to do with the result
The short answer: cPanel has a tool called Imunify360, in the Security group, that scans your account’s files for...
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Is my VPS compromised? Checking processes, cron jobs, users, SSH keys and temporary folders
The short answer: this article is for VPS and dedicated server customers with root access. After an abuse notice, or...
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A security report about a vulnerable n8n or web app: update first, then reduce exposure
For VPS and dedicated server customers with root access. The short answer: the report says an application on your...
Hacked Sites & Malware 225
Phishing pages found on your site or server: remove them, find the way in and avoid a block
The short answer: a phishing page pretends to be a bank, a delivery company or a well-known service to steal...
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Critical PHP vulnerabilities of October 2026 (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619): what we did and what you should do
The short answer: on 21/10/2026 two critical vulnerabilities were published in PHP, the language WordPress and most...





