# Hacking WordPress… and Countermeasures — Nestor Angulo de Ugarte

> Know your weaknesses and your enemy: a layer-based security model and real Sucuri examples, framed through the Art of War.

Canonical: https://nestorangulo.pro/speaking/vienna-2020-hacking-wordpress-countermeasures/

- Format: Conference Talk
- Event: WordCamp Vienna 2020
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Date: 2020-02-29 (February 29, 2020)
- Language: English
- Speaker: [Nestor Angulo de Ugarte](https://nestorangulo.pro/about/)
- Themes: Web Security, WordPress Security, Incident Response
- Video: [Watch video](https://wordpress.tv/2020/04/19/nestor-angulo-de-ugarte-hacking-wordpress-and-countermeasures/)
- Slides: [View slides (PDF)](https://assets.nestorangulo.pro/slides/vienna-2020-hacking-wordpress-countermeasures-906d8adc8e.pdf)
- Slides on the event site: [Event-hosted slides](https://2020.vienna.wordcamp.org/files/2020/02/HackingWordPress-countermeasures_reduced.pdf)

To protect your site you have to know your weaknesses and know your enemy. Applying the precepts of the Art of War gives perspective on the problem and on how to act effectively when something bad happens to your website or e-commerce. Presenting how a WordPress site is usually hacked, the layer-based model of security, and real examples gathered during my years at Sucuri, I'll make the audience aware of the problem, show what can happen and how, and give countermeasures to prevent it as much as possible.

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