Last night I read a post about security issues that one site owner experienced.
This one is an interesting read. I recommend you to take a look.
Storagemojo is a wordpress powered site owned by Robin Harris. It was hacked not long ago and he describes his painful ordeal to restoring it back to normal.

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“Highly critical” flaw in WordPress
Secure Computing, Australia -Apr 28, 2008
An announcement of a flaw in WordPress 2.x rated “highly critical” was posted on the Secunia blog today. The vulnerability allows a security bypass that …

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You might have noticed from your dashboard that WordPress released yesterday 2.5.1 which they say has a “very important security fix”. They haven’t disclosed exactly what the fix is about.
If you have already installed 2.5, then you better rush with upgrading to 2.5.1.
I personally didn’t install 2.5 yet, because I tested with it on my […]

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I am pleased to announce my first E-Book, that I am offering to anyone interested in building a secure WordPress site. This E-Book will cover points that are overlooked by many, who install WordPress scripts, yet most of the points discussed are crucial for the security of your site.
E-book format:
I created this E-Book in PDF […]

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If you allow users to register to your Wordpress site, then I would suggest you to look at the “Roles Manager Plugin”
WordPress Version 2.0 introduced the concept of Roles.
Each Role has a set of permissions or is allowed to perform a set of tasks called Capabilities.
If you allow anyone to register to your site, choose […]

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