Comments on: H-a-ck-ed!

By: james-mdeo

james-mdeo — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:27:15 +0000

Really? Thank you Rose. Thing is, all I’ve learned about security were all culled from some very useful posts on some good blogs out there. If I were to write on securing a blog, I’d probably just end up belching out links to the proper resources.

But hey, I’ll remember that. I just might take you up on that offer someday.

By: james-mdeo

james-mdeo — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:13:58 +0000

Hi Lee! Lunarpages gave the usual advice about covering all possible security issues. On my own, like I mentioned in the post, I learned to change permissions on folders and files. I think the hosting company really had nothing to do with how I was hacked. It was all my fault. I got infiltrated with a virus that allowed the hacker to see my passwords and other data.

By: Rose - Bloggertalk

Rose - Bloggertalk — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:06:30 +0000

That really sucks. Sorry to hear you were hacked. Maybe you should write a guest post for BT on security? .-= Rose - Bloggertalk´s latest blog ..How to Add an Image to Your WordPress Sidebar =-.

By: Lee | Money4Invest

Lee | Money4Invest — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:43:41 +0000

Really sorry to hear this bad thing happened to your blog. I also encountered the same problem last week and I was very upset about it because the hacker had been hacked into my wordpress a few times even I had changed the password frequently. May I know what's the advices that your hosting company told you? Kindly share with us. Thanks .-= Lee | Money4Invest´s latest blog ..February Calendar 2010 | Calender 1600×1200 Wallpaper =-.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:12:04 +0000

That is really too bad but I feel your pain! Very much so… My blog has been hacked a of times, and other things like my facebook. WE have to be careful….don’t know who enjoys doing that to others…but no doubt, they are out there!

By: james_mdeo

james_mdeo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:08:08 +0000

And I thought only wordpress blogs are easily hackable. So they even get into forums that easy? I’ve got a test forum (using a subdomain to this blog) that I left sleeping for a time and planned to activate it sometime soon. I’ll check it out too. It just might have been compromised too.

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:34:56 +0000

So far my blog has been safe but I once had my forum hacked. It was so bad I just closed it down rather than go through it all again. Sorry it had to happen to you, and I’m glad you got it back.

Going to check out that link posted to see what it’s all about.

By: james_mdeo

james_mdeo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:46:01 +0000

Screen shot? Yeah at first I was tempted, but I realized that I wouldn’t want to ever recall this hacker’s work. He even left his email address there too, which is another thing I would want to forget really quickly. Though it’s been awhile, the thought of it still makes some blood cells boil in me.

My username was not admin. No, I don’t think he guessed anything. I believe he got it served in a silver platter from some keylogger or virus/worm that attacked my cpu a day prior to the hacking. Now, I’m so paranoid about it that I always have the Windows Task Manager open and the CPU Usage bar visible. Any deviation of the cpu usage even slightly above the normal levels makes me jump and get suspicious. LOL.

By: james_mdeo

james_mdeo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:36:33 +0000

Yeah George, sometimes we mistakenly think we will never get into this kind of trouble. Fact is, no one is exempt from the danger of hacking.

By: ark

ark — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:13:54 +0000

I hope you managed to get a screen shot of your hacked site. That would be a souvenir, hehe..

Anyways, like Karl Foxley above, I use the Login Lockdown plugin too.

Another thing is i you’re still using admin as your username in your dashboard, I suggest you change it to other ones. Admin can be guessed easily by hackers as the user name. Then use a combination of alphanumeric characters for our password. It should be a minimum of 10 characters.