Customizr theme and security?

I use Akismet and iThemes Security

make sure to use capchta on your contact form so at least you somehwat protected from bots. Also dont allow comments to be autoapproved.

Great again a fast and helpfull answer!

Akismet I installed when i started building the page.
iThemes security i was just a few days ago reading on a blog that it has a lot of advantages.
That capchta thing sounds great i really dont know why i forgot about this important and easy way to keep bots away.

if there is something really important to keep in mind configuring ithemes security let me know.

thanks for your support!

i forgot to ask. is there also an specific capchta plugin for customizr?

Contact-Form-7 has it’s own catpcha

for testimonial forms etc you can add the reCAPTCHA free or install wp catcha

In the mail he was telling me that he also has a blog and is reading mine ocassionally.(this sounds strange because i just started it and have just 1 random post).

This is almost certainly a spam post then. I’ve seen a lot recently that are getting through Akismet.

Things like: “Great post. I was checking continuously this blog and I am impressed! Extremely useful information specifically the last part…”

Always flattering, but always non-specific to what you wrote. And always with URLs whose latter parts look credible (for instance, with enticing farmhouses in France) but the site itself is a URL shortener, which could lead anywhere.

The most important step you can take for security is to use a decent password. Password crackers can work at 350 billion guesses per second (cracking every possible eight-character password on a Windows PC containing upper- and lower-case letters, digits, and symbols in less than 6 hours, for example). It’s essential that your password is around 12-20 characters, with a good mix of different characters. There’s a good article here. It’s from www.remarpro.com, so some of it doesn’t apply to your self-hosted site, but the principles are there.

So while you can install security plugins to secure all your windows, make sure you’re not allowing people to walk through the front door by having a poor password.

Thanks guys, i allready fixed that captcha and ithemes security.

@electricfeet: my password i think is strong enough. i use a mix of all that important facts you named above.

So we can say that right now there is some kind of “attack” running through akismet. To alert the other users?

In the mail he named an URL like you said above, i checked it looking with different search engines and finally found the “supposed” page. something to do with pharmacy supplies etc. nothing similar to what my blog is running.

i think its a great way to show people that “hacking” or “cracking” is not just running a software trying to crack your password. Just by knowing which kind of software you use, its enough to find out a known vulnerabity and get you in trouble.