WordPress.com Forums » Tag: security - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/security WordPress.com Forums » Tag: security - Recent Posts en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:30:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 fantasydigitalart on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1310116 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:01:34 +0000 fantasydigitalart 1310116@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you so much timethief & auxclass .

]]> timethief on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1310078 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:20:17 +0000 timethief 1310078@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes indeed I get that kind as well.

]]> auxclass on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1310073 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:13:21 +0000 auxclass 1310073@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ PS: another way spammers work is feed back text from a comment that has already been approved -

]]> timethief on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1310071 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:12:11 +0000 timethief 1310071@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @inrecess

Is my site been protected by you against hikers?

See here and follow every security protocol please. http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

]]> timethief on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1310070 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:28 +0000 timethief 1310070@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @inrecess
What you posted was not helpful as Staff time is in high demand and their intervention is not required in cases like this. What's being reported is spam plain and simple. Please be aware that we don't post into any support thread here unless we have correct answers to share.

]]> timethief on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1310067 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:07:33 +0000 timethief 1310067@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's typically spam. Spammers are always trying to find new ways to get their links on our blogs. One of their tactics is to feed parts of pur own posts back to us in comments.

Akismet is a very accurate learning engine. The vast and overwhelming majority of all so-called information on the internet is spam. Over 80% of all so-called comments submitted to .wordpress.com blogs every day are spam. Spam comes in waves. There are human beings who get paid to post spam. There are robotic programs that post spam.

The worst of all spam containing malware and viruses is not sent to us. It's removed as it could bring down many blogs if opened.

On the spam that Akismet catches it takes only seconds to click "empty spam" and you don't even have to click "empty spam" if you don't want to. Akismet will maintain comments it has caught for 15 days from the time they were received, and then it will delete the comment automatically.

If you get spam that slips by Akismet then mark it as spam (do not delete it) and over time Akismet will learn it's spam.

There is no such thing as eliminating all spam but Akismet works very well. For more information please take the time to read "5 things every blogger should know about spam" on this page Akismet: How it works http://akismet.com/how/

]]> fantasydigitalart on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1310051 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:48:03 +0000 fantasydigitalart 1310051@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you so much for all the info inrecess
I will contact them .
Thanks.

]]> inrecess on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1309973 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:20:41 +0000 inrecess 1309973@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ i will be making some research about your request. however, did you contact wordpress.com forum team? I think the best way to solve this kind of problem is to email them right away...
for the time being, i will keep my eye on the links you sent me.

Thanks

]]> fantasydigitalart on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1309951 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:07:00 +0000 fantasydigitalart 1309951@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I had been experiencing several comments in my blogs, made by some company .
http://digitalnature.eu/
[email redacted]
http://www.zeitgeistaustralia.org/wordpress/wp-fakeraybans.php
Whois: http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/190.203.80.197
http://www.sbiglobal.in/gtpf/fitflopssale.htm
http://Blackdahlia.info/userinfo.php?uid=18688

And several other urls .
not only they had been comments about fake Ray ban sunglass purchase . but also using my work that it is copyright .

I had email them without any response from back .
Any solutions ???
Any comments ???
Thank you

]]> inrecess on "Secure" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/secure-1#post-1309938 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:56:45 +0000 inrecess 1309938@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is my site been protected by you against hikers?

]]> timethief on "Disabling Google Authenticator" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/disabling-google-authenticator#post-1301870 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:51:02 +0000 timethief 1301870@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This is the third thread you have posted on this same issue.
Go to http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-authenticate-phone-reset-and-login-problems?replies=2#post-1301484

]]> scfwrites on "Disabling Google Authenticator" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/disabling-google-authenticator#post-1301866 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:49:49 +0000 scfwrites 1301866@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ DreIzMe

is the blog that I need help with. I am the owner of that blog site and I can't log in. My phone was reset on Saturday and it wiped out my google authenticator application. Is there way that I can bypass so that I don't lose the site that I'm paying for?

Thank You Very Much

]]> timethief on "Information Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/information-please-1#post-1299531 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:07:50 +0000 timethief 1299531@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See:
http://en.wordpress.com/complaints/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/disputes/

]]> shenrylavoie on "Information Please" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/information-please-1#post-1299527 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:04:13 +0000 shenrylavoie 1299527@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I would like to contact WordPress Security about a potential threat that someone made against me. I already contacted IC3 about this threat and I am going to contact local law enforcement in my area. Does WordPress have a security team to handle this problem?

]]> timethief on "Apocalypse Mewo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/apocalypse-mewo#post-1297634 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:08:19 +0000 timethief 1297634@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome and best wishes. :)

]]> bbecula on "Apocalypse Mewo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/apocalypse-mewo#post-1297148 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:37:36 +0000 bbecula 1297148@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ah so. Thanks for sorting me out.

]]> timethief on "Hacked and spammed" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-and-spammed-1#post-1295229 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:52:31 +0000 timethief 1295229@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome and best wishes to you for trouble-free blogging.

]]> cathelliott on "Hacked and spammed" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-and-spammed-1#post-1295099 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:46:06 +0000 cathelliott 1295099@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you, that's really helpful. I've now set up the two step authentication.

]]> timethief on "Hacked and spammed" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-and-spammed-1#post-1295046 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:14:35 +0000 timethief 1295046@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm sorry that happened to you. The steps you have taken are the right ones. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-someone-else-delete-my-blog-other-than-myself?replies=4#post-1267799

Go here > Users > All Users and delete any user that does not belong there.

Set up two step autheneticateion http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/

Then read this please knowing that blogs don't get hacked when security protocols are followed. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/

]]> cathelliott on "Hacked and spammed" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hacked-and-spammed-1#post-1295042 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:12:27 +0000 cathelliott 1295042@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I had my email and Twitter accounts hacked yesterday which resulted in those accounts sending out spam links to what felt like the entire world. It also resulted in a post being auto-posted to my blog that contained the same spam link.

I've now turned off the post via email option, changed all my passwords, made sure I'm using https for all my admin pages....

Is there anything else I need to do to protect my blog and my readers from anything like this happening again?

]]> timethief on "Apocalypse Mewo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/apocalypse-mewo#post-1293676 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:00:11 +0000 timethief 1293676@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It's WordPress.ORG installs that wre under botnet attacks, not free hosted WordPress.com blogs like yours.
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs and we bloggers cannot install any plugins.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

Follow the security protocols you find here please:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/

]]> bbecula on "Apocalypse Mewo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/apocalypse-mewo#post-1293666 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:51:47 +0000 bbecula 1293666@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ On the one hand, the advice is to install Apocalypse Meow to cut down on the botnet attacks. On the other, you tell me you don't allow plug-ins 'for security'. I am confused.

]]> timethief on "Blog contains malware?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-contains-malware-1#post-1289044 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:53:04 +0000 timethief 1289044@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome and best wishes with your blog. :)

]]> roqueandrolle on "Blog contains malware?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-contains-malware-1#post-1289041 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:51:19 +0000 roqueandrolle 1289041@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Haha thank you! Yes that advice seems to be spot on, I see the image it's warning me of - thank you! :D

]]> timethief on "Blog contains malware?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-contains-malware-1#post-1289040 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:48:27 +0000 timethief 1289040@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'll forgive you lol :D

]]> roqueandrolle on "Blog contains malware?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-contains-malware-1#post-1289037 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:47:25 +0000 roqueandrolle 1289037@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sorry I don't know why this posted twice :/

]]> roqueandrolle on "Blog contains malware?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-contains-malware-1#post-1289035 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:46:37 +0000 roqueandrolle 1289035@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi, recently bought my own domain here at http://roqueandrolle.com but this evening have been warned on Google Chrome that it's received a malware warning.

Nothing of the sort happens on Firefox and it appears safe on Sucuri Site Test... Can I just assume that this is a false alarm and will right itself?

]]> raincoaster on "Contacting webmaster re: accessing an old account" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/contacting-webmaster-re-accessing-an-old-account#post-1288172 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:34:24 +0000 raincoaster 1288172@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Once you delete a blog here it can take weeks or months for Google to realize and delete its stored cache of your blog. If you just set it as Private, it seems to be deleted from Google faster.

]]> mmogollon on "Contacting webmaster re: accessing an old account" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/contacting-webmaster-re-accessing-an-old-account#post-1288140 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:47:45 +0000 mmogollon 1288140@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ hi , i want to delete my blog from wordpress. but the domains expires on july 14 , how can i do to delete it , so my blog doesnt appear on google anymore even the content , please help ..

]]> thistimethisspace on "Plugin Request: Google Authenticator" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/plugin-request-google-authenticator#post-1280088 Sat, 25 May 2013 23:21:02 +0000 thistimethisspace 1280088@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Please consult this entry > Two Step Authentication http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/

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