Vladimir Lasky<\/a>, Computer Systems Engineer and Actor, discovered WordPress in early 2008 when he first got into blogging.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He immediately recognised WordPress to be a powerful enabling tool to help anyone create a strong online voice with far less effort than ever before.<\/p>\n
Today, Vlad is the lead developer at Aussie WP Expert, a WordPress development & consulting business based in Sydney. He has presented talks on security, spam prevention and speed optimisation at four previous WordCamps.<\/p>\n
Outside of WordPress, Vlad is involved with other Engineering\/IT businesses including Delivery Command, which develops solutions for delivery vehicle tracking & fleet management as well as Remote Laboratory, which develops remotely accessible laboratories for science and engineering education. He also has a passion for synthesizer keyboards & electronic music.<\/p>\n
Session<\/h2>\n
Tips for Fixing a Hacked WordPress Site<\/strong><\/p>\nWordPress’s popularity has made it a prime target for hackers. Each day countless self-hosted WordPress sites are damaged or taken down, usually by automated attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n
Many WordPress site administrators only learn way too late about the important of pre-emptive security hardening after they have become victims of an attack and have suffered the consequences – loss of visitors, search engine ranking and damage to data.<\/p>\n
Vlad Lasky from Aussie WP Expert shares his strategies and approaches to recovering compromised WordPress sites.<\/p>\n
\n- Common ways in which WordPress sites are compromised<\/li>\n
- Assessing the damage<\/li>\n
- Determining the means of infiltration<\/li>\n
- Recovering the WordPress installation<\/li>\n
- Preventing reinfection<\/li>\n
- Restoring Search Engine ranking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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