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Re:Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode wh... by coding123 on Saturday November 04, 2017 @08:41PM (#15627592)
You can't put up a wordpress site with more than 4 plugins selected at random on a linux box that is secure. I even experienced a THEME that was hacked.
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Re:Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode wh... by johncolanduoni on Sunday November 05, 2017 @02:09AM (#15628485)
That’s more a PHP problem than a Linux problem; a lot of the Wordpress hacks don’t care about compromising your system at large as long as they can just take over your www-data user.
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Re:Fake WhatsApp update from “WhatsApp Inc.” with Unicode wh... by skinnymuch on Sunday November 05, 2017 @02:49AM (#15628591)
Can't that also be because that's easier to do and already lucrative enough for the hackers? Not the only reason, but a big reason? Add on that a ton of [hacked] wordpresses are in jailed settings.
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