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logrotate config that actually works: how to rotate app logs without dropping log lines and without making the app crash on the rename

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Your app writes to /var/log/app.log. The disk fills up. You write a quick logrotate config, copy-paste from the first Stack Overflow result, set up a daily rotate. Two months later the disk is fine but you discover the app …

Wordfence forensics: mining wp_wfhits and wp_wfissues to reconstruct a breach timeline

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Top-down view of two detectives examining black-and-white photos and fingerprint cards on a desk — visual metaphor for piecing together a breach timeline from log evidence (photo: RDNE / Pexels)

If you’re cleaning up a WordPress compromise and the site has Wordfence installed, you have more forensic data than you think. Even on the free plan, Wordfence quietly logs every blocked request, every plugin-vulnerability advisory, every flagged file, and every …