Blogger 'safer' than WordPress?

John you need to consider there are serious security vulnerabilities in both Blogger and Wordpress. I don't know if there is a way to determine which one is safer, because both have been in the news a lot recently about how the hosted service has been hacked, or how the blogs are potentially vulnerable to a new hacking technique. What I would recommend is that you run your own server, and host your blog on the server you control. Because that way you get to exercise more control over the security measures you decide to put in place, and secondly, you don't have to worry so much about violating the Blogger or Wordpress TOS and AUP (terms of service and usage policies).

But in any case, if you host your own blog or not, you can always beef up your security posture. For example, consider using HTTPS or SSL as your default connection instead of HTTP. It will be slower but the connection is encrypted, making it more difficult for hackers to intercept your data on the network (I mean they can still intercept the data but they won't understand it). Another idea is to use uncommonly strong passwords such as a jumble of numbers and letters and symbol characters, instead of words you can find in the dictionary. It is good practice to change your passwords once a month, and never reuse the same password for anything else.

Those are just a couple of ideas. There are blog plugins you might be able to use that will cut down on comment spam, and will allow you to block unwanted visitors. If you did decide to run your own server, you will want to implement a web application firewall such as mod_security from Apache. You won't believe how detailed and precise you can get with those rulesets. The good news is there are a lot of free resources that you can use, so you don't have to program too much on your own.

I didn't mean to come across like it was doomsday or anything, I just meant both hosted blog services have had their share of being in the hacker spotlight. Probably an attractive target because of their popularity.

Cool. Glad to help, good luck on your search.

Here's a quick, but probably outdated - instructional checklist on securing wp...
10 Ways to Secure your Wordpress Install | Hackosis

The best results seem to come if you google the phrase "secure wordpress" in quotes.

Hope this helps.

Good stuff, greyhatter.

Just found out about WPIDS. Haven't tried it, but it might help to notify you about serious Wordpress problems as they happen.

See WPIDS Wordpress Plugin - Make your Blog more Safe, Secure and Hacker Proof

Good of Blogger blog:
1. Fast and easy to use
2. Host on high page rank blogspot.com

Good of Wordpress software:
1. You host your own blog, you have more control.
2. You have a lot of plugins.
3. The community is bigger
4. More theme to choose
5. Pro blogger use them.

And best of all - Scalable.
It will be best to select a scalable platform, if you don't need to scale up, it is fine, but if you need to scale it up, you have a choice if you use wordpress!

That makes a lot of sense

Hi Josh,

they are equal, if you upgrade your hosted blog after each update released.

Take a look at Blog Update Services for details about security, hacking and who is able to protect you,