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List of Usernames to Avoid When Configuring WordPress

by Dave Mroz | Feb 11, 2014 | Security

At about 11:00 am this morning (2/10/2014) the guys over at Wordfence.com reported a HUGE distributed brute-force hacking attack on WordPress sites around the world. This time the traffic wasn't just from Kyivstar, but from random ISPs and countries around the globe....

How To Change Your WordPress Login

by Dave Mroz | Feb 10, 2014 | Security, WordPress

WordPress will tell you that usernames cant be changed, but fortunately there is an easy way to do this. What we're going to do is simply create a new account and swap it with the old one. It's worth noting that there are a few plugins that will automate this...

Blocking Kyivstar From Accessing Your WordPress Site

by Dave Mroz | Jan 16, 2014 | Security, WordPress

Recently we had a rash of brute-force hacking attempts on a variety of WordPress sites that we manage. The commonality in the attacks is that they all originated from the Ukraine - more specifically they all came from the Kyivstar ISP. A user with...