Had an email the other day from a website owner who woke to find this in place of his website and a warning email from his hosting company:
Should You Update To The Latest Version Of WordPress?
There are two common reactions when self-hosted WordPress users see a message like that: They do nothing, wondering if the update will break something, yet worrying that something bad will happen because they’re not updating. They just hit the button and assume all will be well (hopefully they did a backup first!). In both cases, these users […]
How To Delete A WordPress User Named Admin
If you have an administrator in your WordPress user list named admin, you need to get rid of that account immediately. Hackers know to target this user name because for many years it was the default user created on installation. The screenshot on the right, from a recent security plugin log, shows how they constantly try that user […]