|
|||
|
Luckily, there are many plugins available to help keep your WordPress site safe and secure. Today we’re going to discuss [...] Continue reading Essential WordPress Security Plugins
“According to Web site security firm [...] Continue reading How To Put Your Shields Up To Protect Your WordPress Site Storm Bear Williams comes into the the FOSS Force office and plops onto one of two big, overstuffed chairs in our conversation pit. After a howdy, he says “I couldn’t find any microcassettes, so I got this.” He hands me a new, still in the box, Sony hand held digital audio recorder with a built-in microphone, good for 500 minutes. Storm Bear Williams relaxing in San Francisco Bay. He’s come for [...] Continue reading Bear Turns Open Source Shark in Deep Water Yesterday I wrote about how WordPress has evolved into a first rate platform that can be easily customized. One of the ways that WordPress is customized to meet the unique needs of a site is through the use of plugins that add functionality. Most of these functions are visual and offer visitors a richer experience while on your site. Others are never even seen by the visitor and only indirectly affect his or her experience. During site design, it can [...] Continue reading WordPress Plugins for Security & Robustness |
 |
||
|
Copyright © 2013 FOSS Force - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
|||
A few weeks ago I told you about some security precautions to take when using the open source web platform WordPress to protect your site against brute force attacks. However, those precautions are just the beginning. A website administrator has to be forever vigilant to keep the bad guys away.
In case you haven’t heard, the popular open source website platform, WordPress, is under attack by black hat hackers. These attacks are being waged primarily against sites using the WordPress platform that are not being hosted on wordpress.com. According to KrebsonSecurity, a small botnet is being used to break into the back door of WordPress sites in an apparent attempt to build a super botnet: