Q: WordPress Security - Loginizer

swon

Junior Member

Oct 16, 2016

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• Nov 30, 2016

• #1

today i had a little scare,
i have a new web site registered about a week ago. not using any NULLed or "free" themes, everything is up to date, i have "loginizer security".

i got email notifications for fail attempts to login, (SURELY WASNT ME). 12 failed attempts, 6 lockouts from same IP. IP is from Ukraine.

question: is there any further security precautions i can take? or do i just blacklist the ip and move on?

 

blogzandstuff

Elite Member

Jan 1, 2015

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• Nov 30, 2016

• #2

you could give this a go
https://wordpress.org/plugins/exploit-scanner/

 

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James T. Bray

Newbie

Dec 1, 2016

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• Dec 1, 2016

• #3

I think it would help as it examines list of active plugins for unusual filenames and searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious.

 

Kenobii

Elite Member

Jr. VIP

Jun 10, 2013

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• Dec 1, 2016

• #4

Use any Google Authenticator plugin. Problem solved!

 

blogzandstuff

Elite Member

Jan 1, 2015

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• Dec 1, 2016

• #5

James T. Bray said:

I think it would help as it examines list of active plugins for unusual filenames and searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious.

Click to expand...

That's what the above plugin exploit scanner does for you

 

laur.laurix

Elite Member

May 8, 2013

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• Dec 1, 2016

• #6

If u have a stong password u don't need to worry.

 

dichotom

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Dec 9, 2008

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• Dec 1, 2016

• #7

You can install some security plugins like Login lockdown and some like login captcha