As a web designer, my small design studio’s portfolio site is my most valuable asset. It serves as a lead generator and a sales tool. But a few weeks ago I discovered something very disturbing. When checking my site’s current rankings, I was greeted with this friendly little Google disclaimer: What does that mean? How…
WordPress is considered as the best Content Management System (CMS). Being a popular CMS platform, WordPress powered websites are the most attractive target for hackers. In 2010, Pharma hack was one of the serious threat to WordPress sites. Although WordPress themes like The Thesis Theme team, StudioPress Themes, and WordPress core developers are trying to make it more…
With the help of the .htaccess (hypertext access) file, you can get a directory-level configuration, allowing you to decentralize the management of your web server configuration. It also allows you to improve your blog’s security and reduce bandwidth. Today, we compile a list of tips and hack to increase your WordPress website security through the…
In recent times, there has been a huge surge in WordPress usage; this increase naturally requires an improvement in the security issues. So there is a Penetration Test or occasionally PenTest, which can help you to check the Vulnerabilities of a WordPress site. Let’s have a look at Penetration test in simple words; A penetration test is…
WordPress powered websites are hit list on the crackers, they are using Malware (a malicious software) for attacking your WordPress site. There are different types of Malware, like viruses, Trojan horse, spyware, hijackers, crimeware, adware, dialers, keyloggers, worms, rootkits and similar programs. Detail about different types of Malware has explained by James D. Nardell on…
If your site has been infected, it is generally because some vulnerability has allowed a hacker to take control of your site. The hacker may change the content of the site (for example, to add spam), or add additional pages to the site, usually with the intent of phishing (tricking users into parting with personal…
