If you own a wordpress blog/site, you will want to watch this video done by Lisa of 2createawebsite.com about brute force attacks and how to secure your blog today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS-OSKT4Xyc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS-OSKT4Xyc
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Wordpress Brute Force Attacks
- Thread starter netsavy006
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I rarely blog, and when I do it's on Blogspot. Nothing important though, and it uses a throwaway email address, as well as a different password. That said, I'm skeptical. Doesn't it seem odd for them to say in one breath hey, there's an exploit to get into your account! INSTALL THIS RANDOM SOFTWARE NOW!
Maybe that's how they get you. Or maybe I'm just far too paranoid.
Maybe that's how they get you. Or maybe I'm just far too paranoid.
Here's an interesting story.
Over the past few weeks someone or perhaps multiple people have been trying to hack into my website. I was still using the default 'admin' username when it first began but they weren't trying that account so I changed it to be on the safe side. Anyways now they are trying to login with 'admin' but of course that account no longer exists so they've still got to guess my username before they can even get close to my password. Plus they keep getting locked out after every 3 failed logins.
It's hilarious to watch though cos I get emails every time they get locked out. I want to ban them from accessing my site but the IPs keep changing so they're using a proxy or VPN making it impossible for me to keep them away. Regardless, I am safe sort of thanks to this thread
Over the past few weeks someone or perhaps multiple people have been trying to hack into my website. I was still using the default 'admin' username when it first began but they weren't trying that account so I changed it to be on the safe side. Anyways now they are trying to login with 'admin' but of course that account no longer exists so they've still got to guess my username before they can even get close to my password. Plus they keep getting locked out after every 3 failed logins.
It's hilarious to watch though cos I get emails every time they get locked out. I want to ban them from accessing my site but the IPs keep changing so they're using a proxy or VPN making it impossible for me to keep them away. Regardless, I am safe sort of thanks to this thread
