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Be aware if you are running your own server or re-seller account there are sites out there that can scan all domains you have on the same server IP and by your Google Analytics, Adsense, Amazon affiliate/product, Clickbank affiliate/product, Addthis accounts.
So if they get into one of your sites, this helps them find others of yours (that may have the same password or vulnerabilities).
Try this: http://sameid.net/
enter one of your domains and you will get a pretty familiar list of domains coming back!
To protect against this type of bulk attack:
Never use the same username and password on each site
Don't use a naming convention for your sites passwords (domain name plus some letters for example)
Use a Wordpress security plug-in such as Wordfence and check logs monthly. Set it to block admin attempts from unknown usernames or X retries
Never use "admin" for your username (ooops)
I had 20 odd sites done in a single day by hackers, now I know how they found them.
Admin
So if they get into one of your sites, this helps them find others of yours (that may have the same password or vulnerabilities).
Try this: http://sameid.net/
enter one of your domains and you will get a pretty familiar list of domains coming back!
To protect against this type of bulk attack:
Never use the same username and password on each site
Don't use a naming convention for your sites passwords (domain name plus some letters for example)
Use a Wordpress security plug-in such as Wordfence and check logs monthly. Set it to block admin attempts from unknown usernames or X retries
Never use "admin" for your username (ooops)
I had 20 odd sites done in a single day by hackers, now I know how they found them.
Admin