Shared Server Security

  • RBX

    (@rbx)


    10 years, 2 months ago

    I have several sites on a shared server and all of them are very secure, still all sites get hacked simultaneously from time to time (all usernames/passwords are rewritten – nothing else).

    I don’t know if this is how shared servers are supposed to work, but DBs created using one account can be easily accessed from another if DB name and password are provided, and thus one vulnerable site puts every other at risk.

    Is there anything I can ask my hosting provider to do? Or is it time to change hosting?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.

    Thread Starter RBX

    (@rbx)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    I have already gone over all these measures several times, and do implement them on each new site. I also use iThemes’ security plugin, and Google reCaptcha where possible.
    All the files are very secure but I haven’t been able to do anything about DB.

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