Helping to Safeguard against a Brute Force Attack
December 1st, 2009 | Blog | 2 Comments »
Maybe you’ve heard about the recent Brute Force Attacks that have been happening to some WordPress admin accounts.
Basically, a brute force attack is a script that tries to continually guess the user’s admin name and password — it runs continuously until it is successful in hacking your account, and once it’s hacked, the script notifies the hacker who then changes your password and takes control of your WordPress blog or site.
How can you protect yourself against a brute force attack? Actually, there are a few simple things you can do to strengthen your security. Read more.. »
