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Are You Safe From Hackers
Michele Butcher
CantSpeakGeek.com WPSecurityLock.com
@Michele_Butcher
Slides can be found at http://mlb.pw/LadyBlogger
Michele Butcher
WordPress Specialist, Site Cleaner, and Trainer for WP Security Lock
One Woman Wonder at Can’t Speak Geek
WordPress Website Designer
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Why is security important?
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Every day hackers try to find ways to get your information.
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Why do hackers hack?
Make bank
Build a zombie site army
Share their nasty malware with the world
Get your information
They are bored
They want to see if they can do it@michele_butcher
How do they get in?
Guess your login. If you know it so can someone else. (Brute force attack or man in the middle)
Denial of Service attack (DDoS) flood your site with more traffic than it can handle
Through a theme, file or plugin
Through your FTP or CPanel. (Files set to read, write,execute. Brute force, anonymous login, shared hosting infection)
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And now for the only thing scary that I am going to say.
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You are NEVER 100% secure
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Even a test site or a knitting site with only 2 visitors can be hacked.
It can happen to your site.
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It has happened to me, it can happen to you.
Don’t let security make
you like this guy.
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Never fear… there are ways to keep the
hacker attackers out!
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I promise it is not all that painful!
Simple Online Safety Tips
Be Mindful of what information you put on your website.
If you will not put the the information on a flier or in a commercial, do not put it on your website.
Do NOT put your email on your website
Use a contact form. Let your users engage with you without them
finding out your important information.
If you fear you might lose information, save it in more than one spot. Bitcasa, Carbonite, and
external hard drives are great options of backing up data.
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Back Up Your Information
ALWAYS use complex passwords. ALWAYS!
For everything!
“password” is never a good password!
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Use a different password for each and every thing you log
into.
Use something like LastPass or One
Password to save your passwords and to share passwords with others.
Never email passwords to anyone. Including yourself.
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Use your password manager to share login information
Anti-virus Protect your unit!
Yes I even have an anti-virus on my Mac!
AVG and Avast have free versions as well as paid.Kaspersky is great with Windows and Macs.
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Update! Update! Update!
Update your Antivirus, Operating Systems, and all the things
Be conscious when using public WiFi.
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Use a VPN when connecting out in
the wild.
torguard.comstacksocial.com
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If the login has a Two-Factor authentication,
use it!
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WordPress Security Basics
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Never ever ever use admin as user name or password as password.
Never!
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Got it?
What to do when you have temporary people in your
dashboard
Set up a file change detection notification to know what they are changing in your site.
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Always use Sftp
Regular FTP is not secure. Do not use it unless the server is only set up for FTP.
Only give them access to what they NEED not what they want.
Just because they want to be an admin does not automatically make them one.
Guest bloggers should not be anymore than a contributor.
If it is only a temporary login, delete their login when they have completed their job.
If they have posts on your site, you can knock them down to subscribers so they can not change anything
on your site.
If they are only doing work, delete them when their job is done.
iThemes Security ProGreat all encompassing best practices WordPress security plugin.
Two versions a free and a premium.
http://ithemes.com/security
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Brute Protect
If you are mainly worried about DDoS attacks, Brute Protect has you covered.
http://bruteprotect.com
Set up a file change detection notification to know what they are changing in your site.
iThemes Security and other security plugins give you the option to see what all users are doing when logged into the
dashboard.
Who can scan my site for malware?
Google Webmaster Tools http://google.com/webmaster
VirusTotal https://virustotal.com
iThemes Security Pro htttp://ithemes.com/security
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Need an extra eye on your site?
CloudFlare has a free and premium version.
http://cloudflare.com
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Things you can do to protect your website
Update! Update! Update!
Update core, update plugins, update themes, update content, update everything and update
often!
The biggest source of nearly all hacks as once something is patched, it is trivial to get into the
old stuff.
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If you use themes or plugins at any of the envato (Themeforest, code canyon) always check the box to be notified of
updates. they will not tell you otherwise
This is why the RevSlider SoakSoak infection was so widespread. Many didn't know the plugin was built
within the theme.
Have a minimalist approach to plugins and themes.
Only have the plugins you are using at that time on your site. You can always upload them again later.
Only have your theme you are using on your site.
If something is not active, delete it.
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Back up your site!
Somewhere, anywhere, just have a backup copy.
BackupBuddy from iThemes is a great choice.
iThemes Security will do a database backup for you.
http://ithemes.com/backupbuddy
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Always back up to someplace OTHER than your server. If the
server gets hacked, so does your backup.
Even backing a copy to Dropbox or your computer is a better option.
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Don’t let your site get lonely.
Lonely sites can turn into zombie sites and nobody wants a zombie
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If your website get hacked it is not the end of the world.
It can and will be fixed.
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Who cleans hacked websites?
Well I do over at WP Security Lock ~Smile~
http://wpsecuritylock.com
I apologize… had to do one shameful plug.
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Wanting more information about website security?
Join the community at SafeWP
https://SafeWP.com
Questions?
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Thank you for attending!
Slides can be found at https://mlb.pw/LadyBlogger
Michele Butcher@michele_butcher
http://wpsecuritylock.comhttp://cantspeakgeek.com