A WordPress presentation that focuses on security principles and not false sense of security through adding 20 plugins. Lets stick to the basics folks! This presentation was given at WordCamp Miami #wcmia

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Real WordPress Security
Kill the noise!

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Dre Armeda
Co-Founder of Sucuri Inc. – Sucuri.net
Co-Host of DradCast – DradCast.com
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The Internet Rocks
With adoption and growth comes innovation!
Over 2 billion internet users today(Internet World Stats)
566% growth in the last 12 years (Internet World Stats)
861,379,000 registered hostnames - Jan14 (Tech Made Easy)
180,000,000 active websites (Tech Made Easy)

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It’s Not All Peachy
Malware – short for malicious software
DoS/DDoS - Denial of Service
Brute Force
SPAM Links
SEO Poisoning
XSS
SQL Injections
Blacklisting
DNS Poisoning
Innovative thinking sparks risk

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Malware Type Distribution
SiteCheck numbers don’t lie!
26%
19%
16%
14%
11%
4%
10%
Remote
iFrame
Includes
Remote
JavaScript
Includes
SPAM
Injections
Obfuscated /
Encoded
JavaScript
Conditional
Redirects
Defacements Other

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Trends

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How Bad is it?
An explosion in web malicious links!
Malicious Links
2011
2012

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What Are Malicious Links?
Oh you’ve seen them. You’ve seen them everywhere!

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Increase in Phishing
All is not what it seems!

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Search Engine Poisoning (SEP)
Get Payday Loans or Cheap Pills.

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Brute Force

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Denial of Service (DoS)

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Denial of Service (DoS)

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Why Is This Happening?
Awesome spawns not so awesome situations!

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Almost always for the $$$

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How Does This Happen
A new type of webmaster!

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The Worlds Biggest Weakness

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Am I At Risk?
The percentage of risk
will never be zero!
Ever See a Dodo Bird?

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Everyone is a Target!
Even you!

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What Can We do?
Be smart. Be consistent. Cut out the noise!

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Things You May See
Your users saying they are being redirected
Spam links in your HTML or even visible
Google SERP shows Viagra for your keywords
Google Blacklists you
Sharp traffic decreases for no reason
If your site is infected

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Quick Steps
Scan for malware – http://sitecheck.sucuri.net
Kill WordPress sessions by resetting Salts -
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-up-a-secret-key-in-wordpress-
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Reset ALL passwords (WP, FTP, SSH)
Replace WordPress Core
Update ALL Software
Look for out of place files
Hire someone to audit the site and perform full server-side scan &
cleanup
If you think your site is infected

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Proactive Defenses!

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Keep Software Updated
Leading cause for infection along with passwords
Scared to upgrade because stuff breaks?
Major vs. Point Release
Run upgrade tests
Do your homework
Information Security is everyone’s responsibility

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Use Trusted Sources!

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No Soup Kitchen Servers
WordPressers act like they forgot about DEV
Cross-contamination is a big deal
Segment by user and account
Not active. Not good enough
If it’s not in use, get rid of it
Production is not your archive server!

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Reduce Access
Give people enough access to do their job, nothing
more; remove access when they complete their job!
User Proper Roles
This goes for WordPress, FTP, & DB’s, etc.
Limit failed logins to thwart brute force
Practice two form auth & layered login
Disable PHP Execution!
Least privilege to some, no privilege for most.
<Files *.php>
Deny from all
</Files>

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Password Management
Complex – Long - Unique
Password still top 5 actively used password
Use unique passphrases
Use different passwords across accounts
Password Management Tools
Password is a password not to be used as your password, ever!

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Backup Schedule
Create a schedule today!
Backup outside of your production environment
Multiple backups are awesome
Talk to your host to see what they offer
Various tools available
When they hack you, reduce downtime.

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Tools & Services
Website Firewall
Sucuri CloudProxy
Great tools and services to help you reduce risk.
Password Management
LastPass
KeyPass Password
Safe
1Password
Malware Scanning
Sucuri SiteCheck
UnMask Parasites
Malware Cleanup
Sucuri
Backups
Sucuri Backups
VaultPress

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Notable Resources
Name Tool
Sucuri Blog http://blog.sucuri.net
Sucuri TV http://sucuri.tv
Malware Scanner http://sitecheck.sucuri.net
Malware Scanner http://unmaskparasites.com
Badware Busters https://badwarebusters.org
Google Forums http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!categories/webmasters/malware--hacked-
sites
Google Webmaster Tools http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=163633
Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/community/advisories/search/?search=wordpress
Exploit-DB http://www.exploit-
db.com/search/?action=search&filter_description=Wordpress&filter_platform=31
Joomla! Security and Performance FAQs http://docs.joomla.org/Security_and_Performance_FAQs
Joomla! Security Checklist http://docs.joomla.org/Security_Checklist/Getting_Started

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Thank You For Listening
Now go, reduce risk. Go!