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Vulnerability of Wordpress to hacking

by Delta223
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Quick question to the tech guys: Is it dangerous to use "admin" as your login name for wordpress sites?

My password is always quite strong (10 character randomly generated with *#($ symbols mixed in) but if they have bots that can try infinity passwords, maybe I need to even randomize my login name?

Thanks for any comments
#hacking #vulnerability #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Benjustin
    as long as you keep your wp version updated, you will not be prone to spam injections
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  • Profile picture of the author Shaun OReilly
    Originally Posted by Delta223 View Post

    Quick question to the tech guys: Is it dangerous to use "admin" as your login name for wordpress sites?

    My password is always quite strong (10 character randomly generated with *#($ symbols mixed in) but if they have bots that can try infinity passwords, maybe I need to even randomize my login name?

    Thanks for any comments
    Never use 'admin' as your username on your WordPress
    blog installation.

    Choose a username that's not easily guessable so you
    add another unknown into the equation. So, don't
    even use your name or words from your domain either.

    Don't give the hacker any pieces of the puzzle.

    Change your database prefix too from wp_ to something
    else that's hard to guess.

    Dedicated to your success,

    Shaun
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    OP, your username is one of the worst usernames I have ever seen. How would you do a thing like that? Please change it before I call the police or refer you to a psyco-analyst.

    Even a non-hacker can guess that password perfectly correct.
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  • Profile picture of the author jbtooloo
    Shaun O'Reilly gives some really good points and echoes a lot of what I would of said. It's all about taking and making the guess work impossible to do so.

    think the left and right principle: if your web is about 'black', go 'white' (bad example I know) but I hope you get my point
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  • Profile picture of the author Tony Dean
    Hackers are one reason I would never, ever, have a Wordpress blog.
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    • Profile picture of the author TristanH
      Originally Posted by Tony Dean View Post

      Hackers are one reason I would never, ever, have a Wordpress blog.
      I've been using WordPress for years and have never had any problem with hacking. The number of people successfully using WordPress without any problems to the number of people who've been hacked has got to be an astronomically high ratio. Hundreds of thousands to one? A million to one?
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  • Profile picture of the author balilong
    Originally Posted by Delta223 View Post

    Quick question to the tech guys: Is it dangerous to use "admin" as your login name for wordpress sites?

    My password is always quite strong (10 character randomly generated with *#($ symbols mixed in) but if they have bots that can try infinity passwords, maybe I need to even randomize my login name?

    Thanks for any comments
    change that "admin" thing. You just answered your questions regarding the bots.
    In choosing a username you better choose something that is not common or not even in the dictionary. Perhaps a rare word that is hard to guess. In this way you are confident that it will be safe.
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