Base64 attacks are becoming more and more common these days. They involve exploiting a PHP vulnerability on a website and injecting malicious, base64-obfuscated code. The main targets of such attacks are poorly coded plugins that feature security holes. The encoded code is decoded when the infected .php file is loaded and the actual attack is carried out. A popular attack is to forward a website to another page, which grants the attacker an affiliate bonus. Here is an example of what a base64 hack looks like in a .php file: eval(base64_decode ("dGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=")); – this code will output "this is a test" when decoded. A regular base64 code snippet will be significantly longer. On our web hosting platform, there are several ways to deal with such hacks: Restore a backup With our cloud hosting accounts, we offer multiple daily backups, so anyone can easily revert to a previous version of a website with just a click. And we keep backups for up to 30 days. Here is ...
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