After the Hack: What ‘Cleanup’ Really Means for WordPress Sites | Francesco Carlucci (Security Expert & Incident Response Specialist)

The Melapress Show by Robert Abela

Episode notes

In Episode 40 of the Melapress Show, Francesco Carlucci returns to join Robert Abela to unpack what it really means when a hacked WordPress site is declared “clean.” Moving beyond surface-level fixes, they explore the reality of post-hack remediation, the limits of automated malware removal, and why true recovery requires far more than deleting a few suspicious files.

Key topics include:

  • The difference between automated cleanup and full incident remediation
  • How modern malware, including SEO spam and polymorphic threats, evades scanners
  • Why sites can pass security scans while remaining compromised
  • What expert-led investigations uncover that tools often miss
  • What site owners and agencies should demand before accepting that a site is “secure again”

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