AI is changing website security, bringing new threats and challenges for hosting providers. In this special episode of the webhosting.today Podcast, we discuss five real cases with Aaron D. Campbell, VP of Product at Monarx and former WordPress Security Team lead.
- Malware hiding from AI: Infected websites showing clean content to AI scanners while redirecting real visitors to malicious pages.
- AI-generated support requests: Customers demanding full forensic investigations from hosting support teams, often based on ChatGPT’s assumptions.
- $25 WordPress exploit: A critical vulnerability discovered using AI, with attackers exploiting it within minutes of the security patch.
- Malware that keeps coming back: Infections that rebuild themselves after cleanup, even through the website administrator’s browser.
- Hacked despite being fully updated: A WooCommerce store compromised through an unknown vulnerability in a paid plugin.
For each case, Aaron explains what happened and what hosting providers can do to protect their customers.