Unidentified hackers are said to have have launched a large-scale attack against WordPress blogs, and any hosts using weak passwords are urged to update them immediately. Security firms have been tracking an escalating number of "brute force" attacks against WordPress installations, which have been trying out logins such as "admin" and then running through thousands of commonly-used passwords to try to break in. - Avoid Obvious Passwords - Ditch The Admin Username - Update WordPress - Use WPsec* mowster security plug-in
In order to protect your WordPress:
It blocks www.domain.com/wp-admin and www.domain.com/wp-login.php to common visitors
* ask sales@mowster.com about WPsec* mowster plug-in
Sunday, April 14, 2013