{"id":1486547,"date":"2018-03-22T16:48:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/website-hacked-as-a-result-of-the-events-calendar-plugin\/"},"modified":"2018-03-29T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:03:11","slug":"security-questions-relating-to-events-calendar-pro","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/security-questions-relating-to-events-calendar-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Security questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK: Removing backdoor: .\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-events-calendar\/favicon_c9a05e.ico
\nCLEARED: Cleared suspicious malware from file: .\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-events-calendar\/common\/iointgob.php Details: rex.string_rearrangement.001
\nCLEARED: Cleared malware from file: .\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-events-calendar\/common\/puqtqrxb.php Details: php.malware.create_function.004<\/p>\n

The above malware has been cleaned off our site which was hacked this morning and being redirected to a malicious website. The plugin that was vulnerable is the Events Calendar Pro which my IT team has shown us from the items cleaned. We stay very current and are meticulous about updates and other security such as firewalls and passwords, unforutnatey we were hit hard due to what we believe is a zero day exploit in your plugin… in fact we are still trying to fix the mess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1486547","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nSecurity questions -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/security-questions-relating-to-events-calendar-pro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Security questions -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OK: Removing backdoor: .\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-events-calendar\/favicon_c9a05e.ico CLEARED: Cleared suspicious malware from file: .\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-events-calendar\/common\/iointgob.php Details: rex.string_rearrangement.001 CLEARED: Cleared malware from file: .\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-events-calendar\/common\/puqtqrxb.php Details: php.malware.create_function.004 The above malware has been cleaned off our site which was hacked this morning and being redirected to a malicious website. 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