[Hidden-tech] WordPress security question

[Karl Hakkarainen]

I've found that the WordFence <https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/>plugin
is very helpful. It blocks suspect IP addresses, reports on logins and
outdated plugins, and other useful stuff.

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On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Erik Amlee <erik at yesexactly.com> wrote:

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> You cannot change username or register a second account with the same
> email address. Best is to delete the old account and re-create it with the
> same permissions.
>
> And there are WordPress plugins that claim to block IP addresses by
> country, but you would also deny legit traffic. If you are seeing brute
> force attacks on wp-login, a better solution would be a plugin that
> locks/bans by IP after X login attempts.
>
> Erik Amlee
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> Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:19 AM
> Subject: [Hidden-tech] WordPress security question
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>
> A client's site was compromised recently. I changed the password to
> something impossible to guess--but I'm wondering if:
> 1) There's a way to change the username in wp-admin
> 2) It's possible to block domains or country codes of attackers trying to
> sign in (most of them seem to be from France)
>
> Thanks,
>
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