Tools

Spambam: comments anti-spam plugin

Anyone who is familiar with blogging is more then likely familiar with comment spam. It is a well known fact that 93% of comments are spam! In this article we discuss a little about comment spammers and discuss BlogSecurity’s latest project, Spambam!

The goal behind comment spam is to ultimately generate traffic for the attackers advertised [...]


WP Prefix Table Changer

Philipp Heinze developed WP Prefix Table Changer for the BlogSecurity toolbox. The idea came from Stefan Essar BlogSecurity Interview recently, where he suggested changing the WordPress table prefix from the default "wp_" to something a little more obscure to mitigate SQL Injection vulnerabilities. Nice job Phil.

This plugin is useful for two reasons:
Firstly, if your WordPress [...]


WordPress Scanner Information Page

About us
BlogSecurity are security evangelists with a specific target on web 2.0 related security. Learn more about us.
Introduction
WordPress scanner is a free online resource that blog administrators can use to provide a measure of their wordpress security level. It is BETA software and is continually being developed.
This page is the primary help page for wp-scanner. [...]