security

A Common-Sense WordPress Security Primer

This is a real-life burglar... still easier to identify than a hacker, sadly. Creative Commons Share-Alike Attribution Picture by Jofus.

This is a real-life burglar... still easier to identify than a hacker, sadly. Creative Commons Share-Alike Attribution Picture by Jofus.

There’s been a big fuss lately over the latest WordPress hacks that have targetted older versions of WordPress.

And in my view, they show the less pretty side of WordPress and some people in the community… but not all of them.  The attitude has been a straight “upgrade your blog and you’ll be secure.”

Well, I have news for you.  They’re wrong. Read more

Posted on September 6, 2009 by David Coveney and has 9 Comments.
Categorised as: Wordpress Tagged with: , , ,

Safer Passwords & Using PasswordMaker

You may find passwords to be an unecessary chore. But they’re important. However, inventing strong passwords is difficult… and they’re hard to remember.

So you need to be able to generate passwords on the go and the solution is Password Maker – a great way to have safe, difficult to crack passwords which works beautifully as browser plugins. Read more

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Interconnect IT and has No Comments yet.
Categorised as: News Tagged with: , , , ,