Yesterday I discovered this notification from the Word Fence Plugin telling me about an apparent hacking. I am posting the entire message here. My problem is, I have no idea what to do about it. Can anyone guide me to a tutorial?
Message:
“File appears to be malicious or unsafe: wp-config.php
Type: File
Issue Found February 8, 2021 2:05 am
Critical
Ignore
Details
Filename: wp-config.php
File Type: WordPress Configuration File
Details: This file appears to be installed or modified by a hacker to perform malicious activity. If you know about this file you can choose to ignore it to exclude it from future scans. The matched text in this file is: include “\057home\062/hoo\146
The issue type is: Backdoor:PHP/ObfuscatedInclude.6067
Description: PHP include() statement with an obfuscated filepath.
This is your main configuration file and cannot be deleted. It must be cleaned manually.”
Thant’s all, thanks!