It is irrevocably true that security is the main thing you must pay attention to when you are using WordPress. Still, to optimize other features is also important. Well, let’s go further about how to secure and optimize your WordPress.First off, since the files stored in the /wp-admin/ folder is so sensitive since the blog lets the folder open and unfortunately people who access this folder can do something with them, you can secure the directory by placing a .htaccess file in the folder … Read more...
Simple Perl Script To Test Mod_Evasive On Your Apache Web Server
November 8, 2010 • 8 Comments
One way to prevent DOS attack is install mod_evasive for apache. I have write the article “Prevent DDoS Attack With mod_evasive in Apache 2“, a while ago.And now if you want to check if the mod_evasive is working correctly, you can use the simple perl script below:To run the script:This script will do 100 request to your webserver. And will return the response code. As you know it is return code 200 means it success to connect. But if it is 404 (not found) or 302 … Read more...
List Of Spam Bot You should Block
October 31, 2010 • 2 Comments
There are lots of spam bot out there. Not just a spam bot, scrape box always come to your site and scraping your content plus wasting your bandwidth. I hate spam and scrape bot, and i bet you do too. We need to keep update our list to block such unwanted visitors. Unwanted visitors not just harm your website but also waste your money indirectly.Here the list of spam bot you should … Read more...
Block Unwanted Visitors To Your Website With .htaccess
October 29, 2010 • 4 Comments
Unwanted visitor won't bring you any good or benefit. Unwanted visitor may harm your website or server and wasting your money indirectly. And since they don't bring you any benefit and may cause harm to your server that will effect your loyal visitors/readers, so we need to block them.So who is the unwanted visitors? Here some of them:Scrape Bot Vulnerable finder bot Spam bot Unknown spider/crawling bot DDOS attackThose bot doesn't do anything good for you, they stealing … Read more...
Malware Found On Android Apps
October 29, 2010 • Leave a Comment
Trojan or malware is often found on Windows OS. Many bad people trying to find security bridge in Windows and exploit it to their own benefit. There are lot of privacy data that you want to protect and Trojan can easily steal it from you. But how about if malware found on your mobile phone? You save a lot of your data in your mobile, right?"Malware (also: scumware), short for malicious software, is software designed to secretly access a computer system without the owner’s informed … Read more...
What To Do When Your WordPress Blog Got Hacked
October 26, 2010 • 4 Comments
It's been two years i've been blogging with Wordpress. And all the knowledges and articles i wrote in this blog comes from many sources and experiences. And in 2 years blogging, i got 2 hacked attack and survive. And now if pay attention to my access log, there are still some attempt to inject the malicious code to my site. You can read my article: Someone Trying To Inject IvanKristianto.com.I'm not saying that my blog is secure and bullet proof. But i have done everything i could do, trying … Read more...
Encrypt Your Flashdrive With Truecrypt In Windows
October 25, 2010 • 2 Comments
After i write Encrypt Your Flashdrive With TrueCrypt In Ubuntu, some of my friends ask if TrueCrypt could work in Windows 7. And i said, of course it would work. TrueCrypt work in multiple paltform such as Windows and Linux. For Mac? i don't know yet, i haven't try.As you read in the previous article. TrueCrypt is an open source software that helps you set up and maintain an on-the-fly encrypted volume. On the fly encryption means data is automatically encrypted or decrypted right before … Read more...
Encrypt Your Flashdrive With TrueCrypt In Ubuntu
October 23, 2010 • 1 Comment
Data privacy is important. You need to keep it safe and store in your harddrive or flash drive only. And you don't want your data got by the wrong hand. You need to secure your data where you store it. One of the technique to store your data is encrypt it.To encrypt your data, you can use Truecrypt. TrueCrypt is an open source software that helps you set up and maintain an on-the-fly encrypted volume. On the fly encryption means data is automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they … Read more...
Someone Trying To Inject IvanKristianto.com
October 16, 2010 • 5 Comments
Recently i have a bad news. Beside the digital world is at war between piracy community and anti piracy company. My blog also being attack by unknown. In my opinion they are trying to find a vulnerability using a bot. They try to find a way to inject a malicious code using local file inclusion vulnerability.How to inject malicious code using local file inclusion vulnerability:Check if the website have vulnerability:If your target site have url like that then it's a big possibility … Read more...
Reset Windows 7 Password With Ubuntu
October 13, 2010 • 10 Comments
Sometimes you forget your Windows password, or maybe your workmate leave and you replace him and you cannot access his ex-computer because it have a password. And you cannot guess his/her password to login. And you cannot reinstall the Windows because it have lot if important data and software that need to be installed and tweak. Then reinstall the Windows is not the answer.If you had this problem then don't worry, you still can reset Windows 7 password using Ubuntu. Whether boot it from USB … Read more...
