Comments on: How to Stop Hackers in Their Tracks with Defender

By: N. Fakes

N. Fakes — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:21:12 +0000

In reply to All2WP.

That definitely helps as well and is important to do.

Cheers!

By: All2WP

All2WP — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:24:05 +0000

“Our powerful 5-star plugin provides complete security for your WordPress sites and brings you peace of mind by deterring brute force attacks, SQL injections, cross-site scripting XSS, and preventing hackers from exploiting WordPress vulnerabilities.”

Actually just reduce unused plugins, this way is one of the best.

By: Adam Czajczyk

Adam Czajczyk — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:12:52 +0000

In reply to Julian.

Hi Julian,

Thanks, sounds like a good idea to me :)

I’ve already forwarded it those in charge so we’ll definitely think about that :)

Cheers,,
Adam

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:10:20 +0000

In reply to Adam Czajczyk.

Thanks Adam,

I wouldn’t clog up the blog with it, I think an email would be great and perhaps also a report directly in the security tab on the Hub?

By: Adam Czajczyk

Adam Czajczyk — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:59:30 +0000

In reply to Julian.

Hi @Julian

That’s certainly worth considering :)

I’m wondering what form would be better, though. A post on blog or rather an e-mail or, maybe, some sort of a notification/message in The Hub?

What do you think?

I’ve also passed your suggestion over to our writers already.

Best regards,
Adam

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:55:11 +0000

In reply to Tony G.

That’s one thing I love about Wordfence, they’re on top of this stuff and they report on their findings and update their WAF pro-actively. As you say, with DEV we simply don’t know if/what/when/how. Well we have a WAF log in our hosting Hub but you have to go looking for it and even that may not provide all the details you need.

Maybe it’s a good idea for DEV to also start a weekly security recap of some sort with an overview of newly discovered vulnerabilities and other security issues and what they’ve done to mitigate them.

By: Adam Czajczyk

Adam Czajczyk — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:00:44 +0000

In reply to Jeroen.

Hi @Jeroen,

Thanks and we’ll do our best to not only keep up to date with all the security aspects but also go ahead as much as possible. it’s always a “race” – who’ll come first, “hackers” or “defenders” (pun intended) but we’ll always race to be the first :)

Have a great day,
Adam

By: Jeroen

Jeroen — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:41:24 +0000

In reply to Tony G.

AMEN to this. I often feel the same way and would love to be reassured from time to time.

By: Dimitris

Dimitris — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 13:29:23 +0000

In reply to Fabio Fava.

Hello there Fabio

This is already requested and discussed among our developers. Having a WAF as a service would be huge for us, but there are some technical restrictions at the moment. Rest ensure that your voice – along with other members requesting the same – is heard and not completely abandoned as it’s not something that we are not considering at all. Hopefully, we’ll be able to provide better news about it in the future! :)

Thank you,
Dimitris

By: Fabio Fava

Fabio Fava — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 07:03:49 +0000

It’s really sad that WPMU DEV doesn’t allow us to use the WAF when hosting outside of your system. It’s sady mostly because it’s a political decision to force all users to host with you. I prefer hosting on Apache than Nginx, and your platform’s interface doesn’t offer what I need. That’s why I keep Wordfence, their WAF is free for all. Just use defender for the Tweaks and other resources. It’s your decision, and it’s really sad the lack of attention to your paying customers (like me) asking for WAF FOR ALL.