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WordPress 3 Ultimate Security

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WordPress 3 Ultimate Security

Overview of this book

Most likely – today – some hacker tried to crack your WordPress site, its data and content – maybe once but, with automated tools, very likely dozens or hundreds of times. There's no silver bullet but if you want to cut the odds of a successful attack from practically inevitable to practically zero, read this book. WordPress 3 Ultimate Security shows you how to hack your site before someone else does. You'll uncover its weaknesses before sealing them off, securing your content and your day-to-day local-to-remote editorial process. This is more than some "10 Tips ..." guide. It's ultimate protection – because that's what you need. Survey your network, using the insight from this book to scan for and seal the holes before galvanizing the network with a rack of cool tools. Solid! The WordPress platform is only as safe as the weakest network link, administrator discipline, and your security knowledge. We'll cover the bases, underpinning your working process from any location, containing content, locking down the platform, your web files, the database, and the server. With that done, your ongoing security is infinitely more manageable. Covering deep-set security yet enjoyable to read, WordPress 3 Ultimate Security will multiply your understanding and fortify your site.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
WordPress 3 Ultimate Security
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 3. Securing the Local Box

Meet Mr. Average. Running XP with some antivirus, he's blissfully covered. Then there's Jo Gadget who's wearing her Mac and believing the hype that the gloss is impermeable. And as for some Tux types, they're smug about Linux which, after all, never gets hacked.

Yes, I'm being sarcastic and generalizing horribly but what these stereotypical souls have in common is one of the greatest threats to security: complacency.

Whatever your system—and it may be a phone—whether or not you are right that it is safe today, what about tomorrow? What about the zero day?

In this chapter, we'll concentrate particularly but not exclusively on Windows because, after all, nine in ten of us use it. Nonetheless, the vouchsafe principles are one and the same across the board so, whatever your kit, listen up and adapt as need be. Coming up:

  • Security-centric OSes and running Windows virtually

  • Windows security services and the User Account Control

  • Proactive security with an almost perfect...