For a blogger, threats from a hacker are a very real possibility. Everyday there are so many blogs around the World Wide Web, which is hacked by hackers. This causes havoc in the life of the blogger since he loses all his work and a source of revenue from the blog. A blog is especially vulnerable to hackers if they have a good Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank etc. In other words, a popular blog is more at risk of getting hacked. In this post I have mentioned a few minor tips for you to protect yourself from malicious hackers who can rob you of all your work.
1. Anti-virus
Always have a trusted and regularly updated Antivirus installed in your system. There are many great Antiviruses available such as McAfee, Symantec etc. to name a few. Make sure that all the updates of the Antivirus are installed so that it can be on top off the latest threats that are lurking the internet. Many Trojans and malwares can gain access into your system and thereby your personal information if you have weak protection from your Antivirus. Having an effective and updated Antivirus is the mosty basic step to ward off hackers.
2. Password
Many bloggers wish they had made their password stronger and more complicated. Unfortunately, for many it become too late because their blog usually has already been hacked. Completely avoid using your name, celebrities or any particular word. Hackers aim at the victim’s password most of the time to hack into their blogs. So as a preventive measure always make use of long, abstractive and alphanumeric passwords for your login credentials. This will help you enhance your online security a long way. And of course, other basic precautions include never sharing your password with anybody except of course those on your team or whom you trust personally.
3. Ethical Hacking
If you think that you have hack-proofed your blog then may be you would want to test it. Especially if your blog is authoritative then there is a high possibility for hackers to target your blog, in that case you should test your blog for vulnerability against hackers. You can do this by hiring ethical hackers who would be carrying out test attacks for you, they can thereon offer suggestions for further improvement for your security against hackers.
Hope you will find this post useful. Please let me know how you protect against hackers.
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Hi Anil ,these are basic’s only! Now a days hackers breaking in to more and more blogs especially wordpress. I hope below tips will help your wordpress users.
1. I prefer putting .HTACESS file in all your all wordpress blog directories.
2. Don’t allow public browsing of any wordpress directories.
3. If you are investing much more in your new blog then you should add HTTPS login to your admin area.
4. check your server logs every day.
5. Restrict continuous log in attempts from same IP
Thanking you | Madav
Thanks a lot Madav for these valuable tips to save our wordpress blog from Hackers
Hi,
Great tips to prevent your website/blog from being hacked.
I think having a very secure password is essential. It is amazing how many people ignore this.
Kindest,
Nabeel
Thanks your tips. This is a tips good with me.