Silicon Republic called 2013 The Year of Living Dangerously, given all the security breaches and scams. Over the past year numerous WordPress security breaches have occurred, leaving many webmasters frustrated and vigil. Last May, a large botnet with more than 90,000 servers attempted to log into WordPress by cycling through different usernames and passwords. Events like this remind us that it s simply not good enough to create a website and let it sit idle. Is Your WordPress Site Vulnerable To Attack? Normal security procedures include regular updates of the WordPress core files, plugins and theme files, said Peter Armstrong, a hosting firm representative from Ireland. In addition to this, we also recommend WordPress administrators change their login username from the default admin username, use very secure passwords, and install the Login Limits Attempts plugin or other WordPress security plugins. He added that other security risks include inactive themes that are no longer in us
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