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Tag: WordPress Security

Threat research, walkthroughs, and security guides from the RedSecLabs team.

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Guardian Gaze 2.5.0: Free WordPress Security Alerts

Product Update  |  Version 2.5.0 The WordPress dashboard should not be the only place you discover that an administrator has…

Aqsa · August 2026
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WordPress SIEM Monitoring: Detect Rogue Admins and Backdoors with Guardian Gaze and Wazuh

Series Context Article 1 covers the incident-response case: multiple unauthorised administrators, wp2shell exposure analysis, backdoor checks and recovery. This article…

Farhan Memon · August 2026
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Inside a wp2shell WordPress Hack: Rogue Admin Accounts, Backdoors and Incident Response

Case-study Boundary The affected pharmaceutical organisation is anonymised. The investigation confirmed multiple unauthorised WordPress administrator accounts. The circumstances were consistent…

Roshni · August 2026
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Abandoned & Nulled WordPress Plugins: A Critical Security Risk

Two of the most common entry points for WordPress compromises aren’t exotic zero-days or sophisticated attacks. They’re plugins that stopped…

Farhan Memon · June 2026
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Guardian Gaze WP: AI-Powered WordPress Security Plugin Launched By RedSecLabs

Next-generation plugin uses LLM-assisted reasoning to detect sophisticated backdoors and hidden malware that traditional security tools miss Guardian Gaze, a…

Aqsa · February 2026
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WordPress Security: What Most Site Owners Miss

Most WordPress sites don’t get hacked because someone targeted them personally. They get compromised because security was ignored until it…

Farhan Memon · January 2026