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Tag Archives: Web Security
Weekend WordPress Security Tip: Update Your Old Plugins
This is something that most people will delay, because they seem to think that, “If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it”… WRONG. Although we patched our plugins folder on a previous security tip, that doesn’t mean that the plugin you are using will won’t put it’s version number in the head of the blog. A [...]
Saturday Weekend Security Tip: Remove This Useless Tag
There is a tag in your WordPress header file that generates it’s version number, every time someone loads the page. A simple view of the source code will reveal that you have WordPress 2.x. If you’ve chosen not to upgrade because you like 2.3′s interface or have some plugins that will not be compatible, your [...]
Weekend WordPress Security Tip: Restrict Your Wp-Admin
Although this security issue may be fixed in newer versions of WordPress, your truly screwed if your password gets cracked by a hacker. Since WordPress only requires one to get all the administrative privileges to your blog, it would be best to limit the /wp-admin/ folder to just yourself (by your IP address, see below). [...]
Weekend WordPress Security Tip: Index.html
Don’t want people knowing which plugins you have installed on your WordPress? Don’t want people knowing what version it is? If you haven’t done this fix yet for WordPress, I can go to http://yourblogurl.com/wp-content/plugins and see everything that you have installed and what version it is. Not so good for security is it? The Fix: [...]
Weekend WordPress Security Tip: What To Do When Your Blog Is H4CK3D