2. Michele Butcher-Jones
• Lead Support Specialist at
Thrive Ideas
• Director of Awesomeness at
13Core
• Writer of all the things at
CantSpeakGeek.com
• Head Shot at
ShutterAndShoot.com
• Beginners and Intermediate
WordPress Instructor
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3. Why is security important?
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4. Many do not think security is
important until it is too late.
Every single day hackers find new ways to get your information.
Todays features are tomorrow’s vulnerabilities.
Stop them before they stop you
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5. Why do hackers hack?
• Make bank
• build a zombie
army
• Share their nasty
code with the world
• Get your
information
• They are bored
• They want to see if
they can do it
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6. But…Why are they hacking
me?
There is rarely ever a targeted hacking attack.
Typically all sites are considered targets. The
big and the small.
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7. And how do they get in?
• They guess your login information
• Denial of Service Attack (DDoS)
• Through a file in a theme, plugin, or anything on your
server where they found an exploit
• Through your FTP and/or cPanel configuration
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8. Here is the only scary thing I
will say in this talk
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10. A test site or a site that might get
5 visitors a day can be hacked.
It happened to me and it can happen to you.
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14. Never ever never use “admin” as a
username or “password” as
password. NEVER!!!!
Any questions?
Adm1n and Pa55w0rd do not count either!
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16. Only give users the access
they need
Just because they want to be an admin does not mean they should.
Guest bloggers should rarely every be anything more than a contributor.
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17. If it is a temporary login, delete
the user when the job is done
If they do have posts, you can convert them to different users or make them a
subscriber with limited access.
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18. Set up file detection
Many security plugins like iThemes Security and WordFence will alert you when
files have been changed
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19. Only keep the theme you are using
and one backup theme on your
site.
The more themes that are on a site, the more open chances you have to a
vulnerability
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20. Only keep the plugins you
have active on your site.
An uninstalled plugin is not a potential vulnerability.
Use the plugins repo favorites option to keep a list
of your favorite plugins
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21. Security Plugins
• iThemes Security (Free and Pro version)
• Sucuri Firewall
• WordFence Security
• Jetpack with Brute Protect and Vault Press
• SecuPress
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22. Always make backups!
• Backup Buddy, UpDraftPlus, BackWPUp
• Always save to someplace OTHER than your server
• Save them to Dropbox, AWS, email, or your local
machine
• Have them scheduled to be made daily or at least
weekly
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23. Malware Scanning? Do I
need it?
• Google Webmaster Tools
• Sucuri Scanner
• VirusTotal
If you feel your site could be infected, first do
a malware scan
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24. What else can I do to protect
my site?
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25. Update!
Update!
Update!
Update core. Update themes update plugins!
The biggest reasons of updates is typically security or feature related.
The biggest source of nearly all hacks is due to lack of updating.
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26. If you use Envato products (ThemeForest
and CodeCanyon) always check the box in
the downloads to be notified of updates.
That is the only way you will know if any of their
products need to be updated.
This is why the RevSlider infection was so widespread.
Many did not even know the plugin was built into their
theme.
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27. Don't ever let your site get
too lonely.
That is when the zombies come.
Nobody wants the zombies to come
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28. If the unthinkable happens and you
do get hacked, it is not the end of
the world.
It can and will be fixed.
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29. Who can clean my hacked
website?
Sucuri
SiteLock
Hack Repair
Wp Security Lock
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30. Great! Are there any other
ways I can be secure?
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40. Back everything up and back
it up often!
No one wants to lose their information
stored on their computer.
• Bitcasa
• Caronbinte
• External Harddrives
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