File and folder permissions is very important in terms of web security. In most of the cases hackers are some how manage to get the access of your server and can upload/write/ edit your script and compromise your website.
Common form of security regarding this is never allow write permissions to group user and public user. In some cases at the time of uploading or activating a plugin you need to change the file permission to even 777, the most vulnerable permission.... Archive for the ‘Security’ Category
Secure File and Folder permissions for WordPress
File and folder permissions is very important in terms of web security. In most of the cases hackers are some how manage to get the access of your server and can upload/write/ edit your script and compromise your website.
Common form of security regarding this is never allow write permissions to group user and public user. In some cases at the time of uploading or activating a plugin you need to change the file permission to even 777, the most vulnerable permission.... Secure your wp-admin folder in WordPress
Sometimes you will see that your site has been compromised by hacker. You may have seen that they do it by hacking your wp-admin folder. Your site might be public but you can restrict your wp-admin folder by providing little extra security with a htaccess file. You can limit access to this folder for some IP addresses. Any attempts at accessing any file within this folder will be greeted with a Forbidden error message.
You have to create a .htaccess file in your wp-admin... How to Secure your wordpress site from Hackers
Several of my websites are hacked today. All of my sites are hosted in Hostgator VPS server and my sites are hacked by “Prishtina Hackers Group”.
Thanks to this group who insisted me to seriously thinking about the security of my sites. My sites are hacked that does not means that those hacker group is extraordinary actually as a developer I was less careful about the security of my sites. This is the main offense and security gap from my end.
I want to share... Hi! Welcome to web update 24!
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