Hi,
the brute force
attacks against WordPress sites just doesn't end, hackers are constantly recruiting new blogs for their 'Zombie' army, which side on you on?
Make sure you're not part of the 'Walking Dead' Here
"Botnets" use hundreds of thousands of unique IP addresses (from compromised/hacked 'Zombie' computers across the world) to attack hosts across the globe, specifically targeting WP Blogs.
Brute force attacks against WordPress have trebled in recent months!!!
Even big web hosts have been warning their customers about this, some have even had to take drastic measures to keep their
servers and their customers sites up and running, even so far as to globally disable access to wp-login.php on sites, so their owners are locked out until the host can put a better solution in place.
Botnet's like this mainly target /wp-login.php and /wp-admin to try and get access using brute force, and
obviously the main target for login attempts is the default username "admin".
Does your blog login use the username "admin"..?
The top
passwords targeted include some fairly obvious one's, make sure you're not using something as weak as any of these:
admin
123456
666666
111111
12345678
qwerty
1234567
password
12345
123
123qwe
123admin
12345qwe
12369874
123123
1234qwer
1234abcd
123654
123qwe123qwe
123abc
3123qweasd
123abc123
12345qwert
if you are using something
like this then you may already be hacked...
so what about some practical advice...
The most important thing you can do right
now is:
1. Make sure you have a super strong password
Extras Tips:
1. delete any
unused plugins & themes
2. setup an "admin" that doesn't use the name "admin", and delete the one that does
3. make sure all your plugins, themes & version of WP are up to date
Note: If you provide SEO or website services to clients you can even use these premium plugins to offer a high value service to your clients...
Hit the button below to get this
sorted today:
