I'm a team lead in Cerber Tech. I'm a software & database architect, WordPress - PHP - SQL - JavaScript developer. I started coding in 1993 on IBM System/370 (yeah, that was amazing days) and today software engineering at Cerber Tech is how I make my living. I've taught to have high standards for myself as well as using them in developing software solutions.
WP Cerber 2.9
What is new? Added ability to check and block prohibited usernames (logins). You can specify list of usernames (logins) on a new settings tab called Users. The plugin will immediately block any attempt to log in and will lock out any IP address have tried to use those logins. It’s recommended to have at least following [...]
Turn your WordPress into Fort Knox
This article assumes that we want to get a bulletproof protected website powered by WordPress. It’s not necessarily to do all the following steps word for word and point by point exactly as described. But I do recommend that if you want to create your own Fort Knox. Security Blog How to protect WordPress effectively: a [...]
Limit login attempts without a plugin?
You can find plenty of comments and advice on that on the Internet. But is it real? Security Blog Manage multiple WP Cerber instances from one dashboard Security Blog How to protect WordPress effectively: a must-do list Security Blog Two-Factor Authentication for WordPress Security Blog Get WordPress protected: rename the [...]
Hardening WordPress with WP Cerber
All suggested settings are highly recommended for most websites on the Internet. If you need, for some reason, these functions are being accessible from a particular computer or an IP network you can easily add them to the White IP Access List. Disable REST API The plugin restricts access to the WordPress REST API. The ability [...]
Know more about intruder’s IP
To enable retrieving, check option: Drill down IP. To view the information click on a particular IP address on the Activity tab. Technical details To get extra information like country, company, network info and abuse contact WP Cerber uses requests to a limited set of external WHOIS servers which are maintained by appropriate [...]
Plugin Inspector
Want to know more about plugins you have installed on your blog? The Plugin Inspector plugin is an easy way to check plugins installed on your WordPress and make sure that plugins do not use deprecated WordPress functions and some unsafe functions like eval, base64_decode, system, exec, etc. Some of those functions may be used [...]
How to protect WordPress with Fail2Ban
By using WP Cerber Security and Fail2Ban together you can reinforce protection at the most effective level. That allows you to protect a WordPress from brute-force and DoS attacks at the OS level with iptables. Read more about attacks: Brute-force, DoS, and DDoS attacks – what’s the difference? Note: you have to have the root [...]
Hardening WordPress with WP Cerber and NGINX
NGINX is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. WP Cerber is a free, open-source, security plugin which protects WordPress powered sites from intruders and hackers. How to hardening WordPress using WP Cerber and NGINX together First of all, you need to set up a Custom login URL and check Block direct access to [...]
How to find hidden entrance on a WordPress site
Let’s say you decide to hide your WordPress login page and wp-admin dashboard from hackers by hiding these pages with some tools or tricks. Do you think that it really works? Nobody knows your secrets? Don’t be so naive. You can easy to find login and dashboard pages with the following tricks. Just try it on your [...]