‘security’ Category Archive

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Excerpt: In Part II we further examine how you can make your WordPress installation more secure including passwords,    login plugin to prevent brute force attacks, .htaccess to restrict access to wp-admin and more.  Part  I can be found here. Even if you have done everything so far, it might be easy for someone to get into your site if you have not secured it with a good password. Password Security The simplest way for an attacker to break in would be to attempt a brute force attack and guess your password. To be safe, you need to follow the standard advice: your password needs…

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Excerpt: Regular readers will have noticed that  for the last few days the blog was sporting a skull and death to everyone motif. This wasn’t a new nihilistic  F*ck-you WordPress theme. The blog was defaced by idiot hackers. Well we are back up and running again and no lasting damage was sustained although the inconvenience was significant. This misfortune gives me the opportunity to talk about security. There are a number of ways in which the little tinkers can mess up your site. Including server vulnerabilities,  network attacks, database hacks and accessing admin areas. Server Vulnerabilities Server vulnerabilities are the foundation of a secure site, if this…