WP Cerber Security 7.6
New. The quarantine has got a separate admin page in the WordPress dashboard. When you use the malware scanner to found and then delete malware files, they are moved to the file quarantine. On the new quarantine admin page, you can view deleted files, restore or delete them. The plugin automatically deletes files in the quarantine after [...]
Get WordPress protected: rename the plugins folder
Giving the plugins folder a new name is one of the most underestimated ways that make your WordPress protection stronger. And yet it’s free and easy. Why it matters and how it works According to our studies at Cerber Lab most hacker attacks and attempts to exploit plugin vulnerabilities assume that all WordPress plugins are located [...]
Development version 7.5.2
Now the malware scanner and integrity checker supports multisite WordPress installations. Bug fixed. Once an address IP has been locked out after reaching the limit to the number of attempts to log in the “We’re sorry, you are not allowed to proceed” forbidden page is being displayed instead of the normal user message “You have exceeded [...]
WP Cerber Security 7.5
What’s new in the Traffic Inspector firewall New. The firewall algorithms have been improved and now inspect the contents of all files that are being tried to upload on a website. It inspects files for a malicious payload and delete a file if it contains malware code. This protects the website against code execution attack through [...]
Contact Form 7 are not working
If your Contact Form 7 form doesn’t work, you need to add a namespace exception for REST API on the Hardening tab. Enter contact-form-7 in the Allow these namespaces setting field as shown on the screenshot below. WordPress Security WP Cerber Bug Bounty Program WordPress Security Managing WordPress application passwords a [...]
WP Cerber Security 7.2
Cerber Security Scanner has got new features Monitoring new and changed files (what scanner scans and detects) Monitoring changes, detecting malicious redirections and directives in .htaccess files A new detector for Base64 encoded strings quickly detects obfuscated malware code and trojans Automated hourly and daily scheduled [...]
What the WP Cerber scanner scans and detects
Cerber Security Scanner is a sophisticated and extremely powerful tool that thoroughly scans every folder and inspects every file on a website for traces of malware, trojans, backdoors, changed and new files. The scanner verifies the integrity of WordPress, plugins, and themes and prevents them from being infected with unforeseen [...]
Automated recurring scans and email reporting for WordPress
It’s essential to regularly scan a WordPress powered website for malware and viruses and get scheduled reports. Cerber Security Scanner allows you to easily configure your schedule for automated recurring scanning and automatic malware removal. Once the schedule is configured, the scanner automatically scans the website and sends [...]
How to avoid blocking of legitimate requests
Protecting your website, during its normal operations, WP Cerber inspects all incoming requests to your website and blocks suspicious and harmful ones. On rare occasions, WP Cerber might erroneously block legitimate requests and prevents the website from functioning correctly. If you see legitimate requests that are denied as [...]
Configuring exceptions for the anti-spam engine
Usually, you need to configure anti-spam exceptions if you use a technology that communicates with your website by submitting forms or sending POST requests programmatically. In such cases, WP Cerber can block legitimate requests because it can recognize them as generated by bots. This leads to false positives, which you can see on the [...]
Configuring the WP Cerber scanner settings
Cerber Security Scanner is a sophisticated and powerful tool that inspects every single file and every single folder on a website for traces of malware and backdoors, changed, and new suspicious files. The scanner verifies the integrity of WordPress, plugins, and themes and prevents them from being infected with unforeseen malware. When [...]
The WP Cerber scanner for WordPress
A manual scan mode To manually start scanning, go to the Site Integrity admin page and click either the Start Quick Scan button or the Start Full Scan button. Do not close the browser window while the scan is in progress. You can open a new browser tab to do something else on the website. Once the scan has finished, you can close the [...]
Cerber Security 7.0
We’re proud to announce a new version of the plugin with a new security tool: Cerber Security Scanner. Some people might say “Hey guys, you make this neat plugin bulky”. No worries, we keep security algorithms properly optimized and as fast as they can be. All upcoming and new features will not slow down your websites. It’s our [...]
I’m getting “Probing for vulnerable code”
During its normal operations, the WP Cerber’s firewall inspects all incoming requests to your website and blocks suspicious and harmful ones. It’s normal to see requests marked as “Probing for vulnerable code”. Nowadays they occur regularly and mean the firewall recognized a request as malicious and denied it. You [...]
Development version 6.9
We’ve got good news to share! Cerber Security is known as a constantly evolving security solution and every new version of the plugin delivers better value. Now we’re tickled to announce a new development version with a new security tool: Cerber Security Scanner. You can download this stable version by using the link below. [...]