Is Your WordPress Blog Wearing Protection?
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The WordPress admin is fairly vulnerable to hackers. Hackers know where the admin is; they know the username for the admin is usually “admin”, so that only leaves one problem – the password. For a hacker, that’s not a really big problem. Just run a brute force attack and in a matter of time, there’s a good chance of figuring out the password and logging in. What comes next? Anything the hacker wants, including destroying the blog you’ve worked so hard on.
A good friend of mine just finished creating a WordPress plugin called Login LockDown that aims to make that task much, much more difficult for a hacker. The plugin records makes a record of the IP address every time someone attempts to login to the WordPress admin. After 3 unsuccessful tries (number is configurable), the IP address is locked out from any further attempts for an hour (also configurable). You, the admin, can unblock an IP if needed.
I installed the plugin and it installed without a hitch. I then tested it, and it worked flawlessly.
I HIGHLY recommend that everyone install this WordPress security plugin to prevent any problems with hackers taking over your blog.
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Tags: admin, hackers, login lockdown, plugin, protection, security, vulnerability, WordPress
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Great tip; thank you. I have installed and am now using the plugin.
Did not know about this – this is very useful information, thank you so much!
Putting this on delicious: I gotta bookmark this one.
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