[wp-hackers] Admin Login Brute Force Attacks

[Manuel Schmalstieg]

Indeed, in my limited understanding of security, I would welcome some
tightened security rules that would at least prevent beginner users
from creating an "admin" account in the first place. And would force
users to set a "public" name different from their login.

A few days ago, French WP security expert Julio Poitier published this
plugin, that takes care of exactly those problems. It also obfuscates
the author ID number on author pages.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-name-security/

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Joan Artés <jartes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I also recommend the Firewall 2 Plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-firewall-2/) to avoid sql injection attacks and more.
>
> I know that this plugin is not updated since 2010 but it works and does his job (I have installed over 100 sites).
>
> Regards,
>
> Joan Artés
> http://joanartes.com
>