Spam post with link published to my site!
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How was a spammer able to publish three post with links on my site without being a user? I am the only user listed, so not sure how this could happen. I do not have posts by email enabled. I have trashed them, but need to know how to prevent this from happening again.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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If any person or any bot is posting anything to your blog then 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.
Who, aside from you, has access to your login information?
Go to your email program and change the password to a very difficult one because that’s how many hackers gain access to blogs
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
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. Set up two step authentication 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/
P.S. I flagged this for Staff follow-up.
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Thanks timethief. No users besides me, no voice or email posting enabled, but I did go in and check the HTTPS box and changed to a stronger password (although my previous one wasn’t easy to guess.)
Thanks for the tips! -
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What posts are you referring to?
I’m glad you took the steps suggested above. Please let us know if you need any further assistance!
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I have deleted the spam posts from my site. They were “lose belly fat” type links. Still can’t imagine how someone got access, but I have taken the steps to prevent. Thanks all!
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Good! :) Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions or problems in the future.
Thank you.
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