12th April 2013
Blog >> Global WordPress Attack
Hosting providers across the world are reporting wide-spread brute force attacks on WordPress administration panels.
Please ensure you have set secure WordPress administration panel login details to prevent your website from being compromised!
For a basic level of security your password should always meet the following criteria:
- Minimum 8 characters in length, preferably 10 or more.
- Contains both capital and lowercase characters.
- Contains at least 1 numeric character.
- Does not contain any dictionary words.
- Is not used for any accounts with third-party websites/services.
For increased security your password should meet the following criteria:
- Contains at least 3 numbers which are not grouped.
- Contains at least 2 symbols which are not grouped.
- Does not contain more than 3 characters which may form part of a word.
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