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Glad nothing happened to your site. It seems like you're doing a good job locking it down. Oddly enough I read a post earlier with some tips for blocking attempts to brute force author page scans....

You could have everything under version control and have a script that checks for changes and sends a notification

That's a good idea and has plenty of advantages beyond just being alerted to...

VaultPress is a WordPress only solution. Your own scripts are custom so I think you'll need to create something custom for them or find a script that does something on the generic side. Keep in mind...

Automattic created VaultPress. It's a plugin that's part of a monthly service with 3 plans. The lite plan $5/month backs up your site daily and can restore it from a backup if something happens. On...

Not every attack enters through the host or site. One I've had to clear from a number of sites would infect your desktop or laptop and from there it would gran FTP credentials assuming you used FTP...

I think it's a good reason why someone always needs to be paying attention to your website. I work on my sites all the time, whether it's just posting here like I am now or making a quick change to...

Funny Harold about locking yourself out of your site. I'm not afraid to admit I've done the same thing. In fact early on here I was blocking an IP address through the admin side of the forum, but I...

I haven't seen as much news about the attacks the last week or so. They might have slowed down. Still it's always a good idea to be conscious of security.

I forget which plugin I added, but I did include a limit login type of feature. The most immediate thing people should do is get rid of the admin username and make sure they're using strong...

If you run a WordPress site and haven't yet heard, there's a brute force attack being coordinated against WordPress sites the last few days. I was alerted to it sometime last week by my web host who...