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Podcast: Within WordPress
Episode: Inside WordPress Security: Conversations with security veteran Tom Raef
Description:
This comprehensive conversation delves into the world of WordPress security through the lens of Tom Raef, a seasoned security expert with a history dating back to the inception of personal computing. The podcast covers Tom's journey into website security, emphasizing his manual approach to cleaning infected websites and the evolution towards automation to enhance efficiency.
The discussion pivots to the most common hacking methods, including the surprising predominance of stolen session cookies over more traditional vulnerabilities like outdated plugins.
Tom provides a deep dive into how hackers leverage session...