The All In One WP Security & Firewall plugin by Tips and Tricks HQ is much more than just a protection tool for the all important htaccess and wp-config files. Among other things, there are also some basic, intermediate and advanced firewall protection strategies that can be applied to the … [Read more...] about All In One WP Security Plugin – Using the ‘Cookie Based Brute Force Login Attack’ Prevention Feature
Tips to Secure Your WordPress Site Against Brute Force Login Attacks
You may have heard of, or have fell victim to, the recents attacks on WordPress driven sites across the Web. Since about a week ago, a botnet consisting of a cluster of "tens of thousands" of computers was used to attempt to gain access to WordPress sites. And some say, it was just … [Read more...] about Tips to Secure Your WordPress Site Against Brute Force Login Attacks
Advanced WordPress Security Tips
This is a follow-up from the Essential WordPress Security Tips article. In general WordPress is pretty secure as long as you apply common sense and follow standard security practices. The tips mentioned in this article are for added security (you don't need to apply them all). However, if you … [Read more...] about Advanced WordPress Security Tips
Essential WordPress Security Tips – Is Your Blog Protected?
I have been revisiting the various security settings of my WordPress blog after the sudden database table corruption of this blog for unknown reason last week. In this post I have highlighted some of the security tips that can help protect your blog from possible outside attacks. A lot of … [Read more...] about Essential WordPress Security Tips – Is Your Blog Protected?