Keeping safe
Category: Security
Removing the WordPress admin file editor
How many times have you handed over a project to a client, only to receive a phone call two weeks later saying “I think I broke the site…”? Maybe your… More »
How to rename the WordPress admin account
These days WordPress lets you choose an admin username when you create a new installation, but there are probably still millions of WordPress sites out there with an admin username… More »
WordPress Security Alert – TimThumb Image Resizing Script
In recent days a significant WordPress security threat has emerged. The root of it is the ability for unsavory types to compromise a very common image resizing script called TimThumb which is used in many WordPress themes and plugins. Through…
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Apache logs
Issues with suhosin or mod_security , then best check your Apache error logs tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
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Decision time for European Windows users
It’s finally coming. Many months ago, Microsoft lost an argument with the European Commission, the result of which is that it has to give Windows users a choice of which… More »
Why Web Developers should use KeePass
This is a very old post. These days I recommend using LastPass. What is KeePass? KeePass Password Safe, to give it its full name, is a free, open-source, password manager… More »
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How to check and stop if DDoS attack is going on.
Distributed denial-of-service attacks In a distributed attack, the attacking computers are often personal computers with broadband connections to the Internet that have been compromised by viruses or Trojan horse programs. These allow the perpetrator to …
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Installing and configuring Linux CDP Agents
R1Soft CDP is a easy to install and use continous data protection system, primarily targeted at the hosting market. It backups up multiple servers to a central backup server; multiple backup windows can be performed …
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cPanel Name Server Setup
It seems no matter which flavor of linux / unix you are running and which control panel software that setting up custom name servers is always a problem. This How-To will be for installing name …
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APF firewall. Daily automated email showing firewall status
Charles Sweeney writes : This is how to get your server to send you a daily email showing the status of your APF firewall. In other words, letting you know if it’s running or not! …
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Syctl.conf Hardening
The purpose of syctl hardening is to help prevent spoofing and dos attacks. This short guide will show what I have found to be a good configuration for the sysctl.conf configuration file. The most important …
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Install APF Firewall on a cPanel sever
To install APF firewall login to your server as root and follow this tutorial
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Security Guide for cPanel servers
You must keep your box secure at all times, getting compromized could lead to dataloss, which means you loose clients which isnt a very good way to run your buisness. You dont have to be …
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Dealing With Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
Distributed denial of service attacks are frustrating — they’re frustrating for the company under attack, and frustrating for the web host. They can also be costly in terms of business and goodwill lost. Fortunately, there …
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HELP! My server is under a DDOS attack!
Ok first just take a breath, you are getting nothing done by worrying. This guide is meant to try and help mitigate the effects of an attack that is in progresss. I have compiled a …
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PHP optimization How-To: Installing Eaccelerator
Eaccelerator is a PHP accelerator/encoder/caching utility that is based off of the old mmcache (which is no longer being maintained). What Eaccelerator does is: it caches your PHP scripts so that the database is no …
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Server Security Considerations
>Server security is as important as network security because servers often hold a great deal of an organization’s vital information. If a server is compromised, all of its contents may become available for the cracker …
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Detect and Clean a hacked cPanel server with this T0rnkit Tutorial
This tutorial is for system admins and will run you through how to Detect and Clean a hacked cPanel server with T0rnkit
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How to change your server signature
Disguising your server signature is always a good idea as you wont reveal the operating system to potential script kiddies and hackers.
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HERE ARE SIX SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP KEEP SPAM AT BAY
Check out those basic rules to avoid spam robots to use your email for spaming !