Wordpress Admin Account Lockout Exploit

Content management systems like Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla are great because the make is very easy to people to create powerful websites.  Despite there power, a major drawback is they can be less secure thank simple html websites.  To deter hackers, it is important to always apply the latest security patches when they come out.  

 

Another good practice is to make regular backups of your site for archival and recovery purposes.  This way, if someone does hack your site you can easily restore it to a working condition.  

 

Here is info about the latest Wordpress vulnerability that allows a prankster to lock out the admin account.  

 

Get the Wordpress update here.