Andrew Behla

"You've Been Hacked, Now What?" presentation from Topanga WordPress Meetup Group.

1. You’ve BeenHacked Now What? How to Restore your WordPress Site and Prevent Your Site from Being Attacked
3. A Whole Lotta Hacking Going On!
7. Why DoHackers Do It? •Deface your site •Inject spam into your site •Run email scripts •Break your site •Infect computers •Because it’s fun!
8. What Do I Do Now? •Check your index.php file •Change all WordPress user passwords •Change your FTP passwords •Change your cPanel or hosting passwords •Run Security Scans •Check Permissions
9. Secure Passwords! • heRN~aim25 • WAEs37tOEd; • eff89PhASE? • BIRLs16fIX; • eDUcT15CoSh# • LiveS?obEse51 • strongpasswordgenerator.com
10. Find Your Blindspots •Latest Version of WP •Vulnerable Theme •Open Permissions (777) •Insecure Password •Outdated timthumb.php
11. Plugins to Help! •Theme Authenticity Checker •Sucuri Plugin also Sucuri.net •Exploit Scanner •Website Defender
12. Restore Your Site •Check if hosting has backup and can restore •Backup might be corrupt! •Restore from your backup •Reinstall Wordpress •Copy WP Content folder
13. Future Prevention •Update Plugins •Update Wordpress •Update Themes •Install Security Plugins •Set Permissions 755 (folder) 644 (files) •Get More Secure Hosting
14. Plugins to Help! •Simple Login Lockdown •Better WordPress Security •WordFence •Bullet Proof Security •Secure WordPress
15. Secure Hosting •WPEngine.com •ZippyKid.com •Page.ly •Firehost.com •RockPress.me •SiteGround.com
16. Do it Yourself! •Security Plugins •Best Practices •Cloudflare.com Service
17. •www.behladesign.com •twitter @behladesign •818-340-6088