Four spammers commented
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Four comments appeared on my comments sidebar, when I went to the posts they are not on the post and I have no way to remove them from the sidebar, they must be spammers.
Below is the blog that needs attention.
https://poetscornerblog.wordpress.com/The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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re: hacked accounts and blogs
If anyone is posting anything to your blog or removing anything from it, or changing anything in it, or if your blog has been deleted and you did not delete it, then it’s most likely that you have provided them with the ability to do so, either deliberately by adding them as official users, or by allowing them access to your login information, or by posting content that makes it easy for them to guess what your log-in information is.
For you the question that needs to be answered is: Who, aside from me, has access to my login information?
Go to your email program immediately and change the password to a very difficult one because that’s how many hackers gain access to blogs.
Read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/
1. If you can log-in go here > Users > All Users and delete any user that does not belong there.
2. Disable post by email > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/
3. Disable post by voice > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-voice/
4. Change your blog password to a very difficult one > http://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#change-your-password
You can also reset your password via your Settings tab on the WordPress.com home page:
http://wordpress.com/#!/settings/5. Use a secure, encrypted connection to connect to your Dashboard. Under Users → Personal Settings, check the box that says “Always use HTTPS when visiting administration pages, and click Save Changes.
6. Use two step authentication http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/
7. Run a security scan on your computer.
8. Never leave your computer logged into your blogs and walk away from it. Always log out properly.
P.S. Staff have records of who did what under which username and login information and when they did it. I flagged this thread for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it. Note that there is a backlog and be patient while waiting.
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Thanks TT.
They have all disappeared, they were all foreign from different blogs , but I know that means nothing.
Changing to HTTPS what does this mean to me will it be harder to log in.
I will check no 1
don’t use no 2 or 3
I will Check no 4
Will use no 6
PC always secure
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Hi there!
I’m not showing any unauthorized access to your site, however, you do have a lot of authors added to your site which increases the security risk to the site. Each one of those has to keep their account secure to keep your site secure.
Only add authors who are active and remove ones who are not. Make sure that each author has setup two step authentication on their accounts to keep them secure. The more people you grant access to publish on your site, the more vulnerable it is.
For comments, I recommend holding all comments for moderation by going to your Dashboard – Settings – Discussion. This will prevent unwanted comments from being displayed on your site and provide you a way to approve or mark them as spam before they are shown to your audience.
If you have any additional questions, please let us know.
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