Tighten Your WordPress Security on Dreamhost to Protect Your Blog I've been cleaning alot of WordPress sites infected with malware on DreamHost lately. I am finding some common denominators that put users hosting accounts and WordPress sites at risk: Used One-Click Installs to install the WordPress … Read more about WordPress Security Tip: DreamHost Enable Enhanced Security and Extra Web Security
Help increase security on your WordPress blog by using the Timthumb Vulnerability Scanner Plugin! TimThumb is a PHP script that crops, zooms, and resizes images. It's commonly used in WordPress themes and plugins. This script uses a cache directory from within your wp-content directory to grab and … Read more about WordPress Security Tip: Use Timthumb Vulnerability Scanner Plugin
Slow WordPress Plugins Can Hurt Your Site! You'll find me talking on the blog and in my email blasts about WordPress plugin security, but one area I haven't covered is how plugins can slow your website down. Did you know that even if a WordPress plugin is disabled it can still affect your site's … Read more about Are Your WordPress Plugins Making Your Site Slow And Vulnerable?
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Just received an email on January 22, 2012 from Carla McNeil about a new Facebook scam that she was hit with today. While chatting with a friend on Facebook, she received this information in her chat window: WARNING: Your account is reported to have violated the policies that are considered … Read more about Facebook Scam: Chat Warning – Reconfirm Your Information
In the past few months, we've fixed numerous hacked WordPress blogs that were installed prior to the fall of 2011 with one thing in common: one-click installs with outdated Timthumb scripts. If you've had your WordPress site up for a while you need to check it for any timthumb backdoor … Read more about DreamHost One-Click WordPress Installed Timthumb Vulnerability and Security Risks
Help tighten security for your WordPress blog by always logging into your hosting cPanel securely. Why? Because logging in to your cPanel through https:// provides an encrypted communication and secure identification of your hosting provider. When you first sign up for a hosting account, you receive … Read more about WordPress Security Tip: Log-in to cPanel Securely