All usernames changed to dexter

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  • May 23, 2018 at 8:22 pm #2103

    Hamman Samuel
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    The plugin isn’t picking up any malware, but my site’s usernames all periodically get changed to dexter. Where do I start looking?

    May 24, 2018 at 10:45 am #2104

    Anti-Malware Admin
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    This sounds like it could be a direct SQL injection. the hacker might have access to alter your database without having access to your servers filesystem. You can try changing your DB_PASSWORD and updating your wp-config.php file to match the new password in the hopes that the hackers cannot get back in but if they have root access to your DB server then you would need to move to a more secure host (unless your current hosting provider can make you DB more secure on their server).

    May 24, 2018 at 2:24 pm #2105

    Hamman Samuel
    Member

    Yea SQLi seems very likely and I’ve done some all-round hardening, thanks for the advise

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