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When hackers hack what program do they use to spread the codes?
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once a hack has been succesfull a planted program does all the rest, basically if hacker can run an exe from your server they can pretty much do anything a root user ( you ) can do.
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How come it gets certain wordpress installs and not others?
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different version or non-default settings
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What's the common factor that links those installs? How do they miss others?
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No common factor other than they were all exploitable.
most wordpress hacks are automated hacks , so there is no hacker targetting you , they grab a list of possible wordpress installs from google or other ways and hit go. So in some instances 2 identical copies of wordpress might have different results. 1 may not get hacked simply because they were low on the google results for "wordpress version 4.20"
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Also why did they miss my joomla install but was able to infect php list along with most of my adult wordpress installs on one particular host?
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it's like asking why a burglar missed your rare coin stash, maybe they were lookng for big screen tv's, maybe they forgot to look, remember most of it is automated so its simply a case of something not fitting the criteria for the hackerware