Recently a number of my WordPress based sites suffered an attack. Although I spent quite a bit of time attempting to clean the sites, I ended up deleting and rebuilding them (thank goodness for data-only backups!).
As a result, I also explored ways to prevent this from happening again. There are MANY MANY steps to take. Prior to the attack, I had implemented some (but not all) of these. I found the following articles to be helpful.
- http://www.mastermindblogger.com/2011/14-ways-to-prevent-your-wordpress-blog-from-being-hacked/
- http://andbreak.com/articles/wordpress-security/
- http://semlabs.co.uk/journal/how-to-stop-your-wordpress-blog-getting-hacked
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