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Sexy Security
for WordPress

Sean Carlos
 10 March 2011
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.edu ???
                          .edu ???


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Il problema




An ounce of 
prevention is worth a 
pound of cure
– Benjamin Franklin
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N
                                            ew
                                              !




Use a recent, if not the 
latest, WordPress version
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Conosci i tuoi plugin (estensioni)




Know your plugins & themes
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admin

Change the default administrator 
account name from “admin”
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Protect your WordPress administration 
area with a server level password

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WP Prefix Changer




Rename your WordPress 
database tables
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                                           http://tdot­blog.com/
                                                                8/16
3.1

Remove version information from 
WordPress and plugins
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La segnalazione di errori php




  Hide php errors
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A Few Other Considerations

●
    Password policy
    –   change often
●
    Connections
    –   Public Wi­fi is not secure
    –   Use secure FTP
●
    Shared hosting
    –   If hackers get into server, everything you've 
        done may be in vane.

                         ©2011 Sean Carlos ­ Antezeta    11/16
WP Security Scan
Scansione sicurezza WordPress




Let a plugin do the work for you!
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Site disappears from Google or 
Bing?  Search Traffic drops off?




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More details...




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Thank you!


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