Category Archives: Security

Automatically secure your site with keys and salts!

Posted on Feb18 by

WordPress has a lot of excellent security features. One of these features is the ability to specify randomized keys and salts to help keep cookies and form nonces secure. Sadly, there are a lot of WordPress users who miss out … Continue reading →

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Viewing Ignored Security Threats

Posted on Feb18 by

The VaultPress Security scanner runs daily, looking for dangerous files and code on your web server. If VaultPress finds something suspicious, or a known threat, you’ll get an email, and a new notice shows up in your VaultPress dashboard. While … Continue reading →

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VaultPress makes it easy to respond to security threats

Posted on Jan11 by

VaultPress scans your site every day, looking for dangerous code patterns in the files on your server. When something looks suspicious, a new threat appears on your VaultPress Security page and we email you automatically. We’ve recently updated the way … Continue reading →

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Recommended: Locking Down WordPress

Posted on Jul10 by

Today, Code Poet released a free book we think is worth your time. Locking Down WordPress features WordPress pros Rachel Baker, Brad Williams, and VaultPress graduate John Ford on WordPress security, what to look for in a host, tips on … Continue reading →

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VaultPress protects against the PHP CGI Flaw

Posted on May08 by

Recently, a security vulnerability called the CGI Flaw was identified in PHP. We scanned all of our customers’ sites and discovered the vulnerability in a handful of them. We closed this vulnerability yesterday, by pushing an update to the .htaccess … Continue reading →

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