Cleansing WordPress… the hard way

UPDATE: Since writing this post, the issue reappeared. It is now apparent the exploit was of Plesk, a very popular control panel software that hosting companies use. See http://blog.sparktrust.com/plesk-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/ (which includes links to a patch released by Parallels, the company responsible for Plesk). Also see this security advisory from Parallels. Many moons ago, I ran […]