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• WordPress Specialist, Site Cleaner, and Trainer for WP Security Lock
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Michele Butcher
Many do not think security is important until
it is too late.Every single day hackers find new ways to get your information.
Todays features are tomorrow’s vulnerabilities.
Stop them before they stop you
• Make bank
• build a zombie army
• Share their nasty code with the world
• Get your information
• They are bored
• They want to see if they can do it
Why do hackers hack?
But…Why are they hacking me?
There is rarely ever a targeted hacking attack.
Typically all sites are considered targets. The big and the small.
• They guess your login information
• Denial of Service Attack (DDoS)
• Through a file in a theme, plugin, or anything on your server where they found an exploit
• Through your FTP and/or cPanel configuration
And how do they get in?
A test site or a site that might get 5 visitors a day
can be hacked.
It happened to me and it can happen to you.
Never ever never use “admin” as a username or “password”
as password. NEVER!!!!
Any questions?
Adm1n and Pa55w0rd do not count either!
Only give users the access they need
Just because they want to be an admin does not mean they should.
Guest bloggers should rarely every be anything more than a contributor.
If it is a temporary login, delete the user when the job is done
If they do have posts, you can convert them to different users or make them a subscriber with limited access.
Set up file detection
Many security plugins like iThemes Security and WordFence will alert you when files have been changed
Only keep the theme you are using and one backup
theme on your site.
The more themes that are on a site, the more open chances you have to a vulnerability
Only keep the plugins you have active on your site.
An uninstalled plugin is not a potential vulnerability.
Use the plugins repo favorites option to keep a list of your favorite plugins
• iThemes Security (Free and Pro version
• Sucuri Firewall
• WordFence Security
• Jetpack with Brute Protect and Vault Press
Security Plugins
• Backup Buddy, UpDraftPlus, BackWPUp
• Always save to someplace OTHER than your server
• Save them to Dropbox, AWS, email, or your local machine
• Have them scheduled to be made daily or at least weekly
Always make backups!
Malware Scanning? Do I need it?
• Google Webmaster Tools
• Sucuri Scanner
• VirusTotal
If you feel your site could be infected, first do a malware scan
Update! Update! Update!
Update core. Update themes update plugins!
The biggest reasons of updates is typically security or feature related.
The biggest source of nearly all hacks is due to lack of updating.
If you use Envato products (ThemeForest and CodeCanyon)
always check the box in the downloads to be notified of updates.
That is the only way you will know if any of their products need to be updated.
This is why the RevSlider infection was so widespread. Many did not even know the plugin was built into their theme.
Don't ever let your site get too lonely.
That is when the zombies come.
Nobody wants the zombies to come
If the unthinkable happens and you do get hacked, it is not the end of the world.
It can and will be fixed.
Back everything up and back it up often!
No one wants to lose their information stored on their computer.
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