How To Lock Down Your WordPress Admin And Save Your Server Resources

Kumar Gauraw

Did you know that hackers may be trying to consume your server bandwidth and CPU resources at this very moment if you have a WordPress powered website?

lock down WordPress Admin - Protect your website and server resources

Do you have any mechanism to know that someone is trying to get into your website? Do you have any protection mechanism enabled?

You Might Have Heard Of BruteForce Attacks

A large botnet of more than 90,000 compromised servers has been attempting to break into WordPress websites (randomly) by continually trying to get into the WordPress admin dashboard using the default “admin” username and guessing passwords.

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Updated On October 27, 2014 In Blogging , , , , ,
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15 Technical Things You Must Know About Web Hosting

Kumar Gauraw

I want to shed some light on things important to you when you are looking for a good web hosting company. I have been asked about some of the things I am going to share today over and over by different people at different times.

Web Hosting Terms Every Webmaster Should Know Before Shopping ForA Good Hosting Company

Some of the technical terms confuse a lot of people while they are looking to find a good hosting company and I know how confused I was when I was starting out. Today, my goal is bring some clarity and define some web hosting terms for you.

If you have made a decision to establish your brand identity online, you are probably now considering to launch your brand new website. This is where you need to understand a few basics, right?

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Updated On April 2, 2014 In Blogging , , , , , , , ,
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How To Protect Your WordPress Website From Brute Force Attacks

Kumar Gauraw

Brute Force Attacks on WordPress Websites have caused a lot of pain to webmasters and web hosting companies in recent weeks. If you’re using WordPress to power your website, you may be vulnerable to a new web-based attack that aims to hack your admin password.

Protect Your WordPress Websites From Brute Force Attacks

The good news is you can do something about it. You can tighten your WordPress security to counter these attacks. But first, let’s understand these attacks a little better.

What Are Brute Force Attacks?

Brute Force Attacks are targeted to hack your WordPress Admin Dashboard.  These attacks specifically target your WordPress website’s wp-login.php from a large number of IP addresses spread geographically around the world.

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Updated On June 15, 2013 In Blogging , , , , , , , , , ,
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