Ian Dunn

Ian Dunn

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Tag Archives: Brute Force

WordPress Security Plugin Recommendations

I recently spent some time reviewing the WordPress security plugin landscape, since there’ve been some big changes in the past year, and I’ve decided to update some of my standard choices. No single plugin covers all the different requirements, so it’s necessary to use a combination. That can be a problem, though, because the feature-sets […]

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Posted on January 4, 2013 by Ian Dunn. Posted in Security, WordPress | Tagged Audit Trail, Backup Buddy, Backups, Better WP Security, Brute Force, BulletProof Security, Capability Manager Enhanced, Firewall, Login Security Solution, Malware, MVIS Security Center, VaultPress, W3 Total Cache, WordFence, WP Super Cache | 6 Comments

New WordPress Security Plugin

In the past I’ve used Login Lockdown and Login Lock to block brute force attempts against WordPress installations, but Login Lockdown isn’t actively maintained and Login Lock has some serious bugs/security vulnerabilities. Recently Daniel Convissor released a new plugin called Login Security Solution that has the same basic features of Login Lockdown and Login Lock, […]

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Posted on April 9, 2012 by Ian Dunn. Posted in Security, WordPress | Tagged Brute Force, Daniel Convissor, Dictionary Attack, Login Lock, Login Lockdown, Login Security Solution | 1 Comment

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