Wordpress Security Toolkit

[AdminAdmin is verified member.]

Hi Folks,

Just to share, I had one of my less used sites hacked recently where they added some files to my host space that was some kind of malware.

The site was previously running a simple PHP based website.

I subsequently deleted the whole host and re-created it (to make sure it is clean) and then added Wordpress + Wordfence (free security plugin).

The site is back running as normal but WF is helping me to block incoming IPs from Russia trying to access the dodgy files that were there before. It really is an awesome tool for this as I can set it to automatically throttle incoming requests and then ban anything I don't like the look of.

For a totally free solution, Wordpress (plus plugins) really is a great toolkit and can be used way beyond what some people may view as just a CMS with templates.

Admin

 

[AuthorityDomain]

Thanks for sharing

My site was also recently infected with malware. Thanks to another member on the forum for letting me know

I had asked my host for help, they subsequently took down my hosting package so all my sites on that host were down

I also had to delete all files and start from scratch from clean backups.

I will be making sure to update wordpress/plugins and do all I can to protect from any future hacks.

Cheers
Gary

 

[AdminAdmin is verified member.]

Yeah they took mine down too.

PM me if you need any help.

Admin