Tag: brute force attack
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Configuring iThemes Security for Your Shared-Hosting Site
iThemes Security plugin settings, for keeping your site running well and safe from hackers. Here’s how for shared hosting sites. Or, I can set it up for you.
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Strong Passwords for WordPress and Your Password Keeper
What we’ve been told for decades on how to make passwords, are known by hackers; those tricks make passwords that hackers guess easily.
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Why Should You Not Host WordPress on IIS
When I mention I have clients with WordPress on IIS7 at the local WordPress Meetup (definitely go, well worth it), I invariably get snickers and disparaging comments. Some of that, especially from the less technical people, is just “Apache/MySQL/WordPress are Open Source”, and “big bad Microsoft is not as good”; it’s like cheering for your…
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Protect Yourself from Brute Force Login Attacks
Hackers know most people use very common passwords. Here’s how to protect yourself from hackers guessing your WordPress login name and password (a “brute force login attack”).
