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Course Overview

This course is designed to teach you how to secure your WordPress site against common vulnerabilities and attacks while also understanding how hackers exploit weaknesses. Through hands-on examples and practical demonstrations, this course provides a comprehensive guide to both attacking and protecting WordPress websites, making it ideal for web administrators, developers, and security enthusiasts. 

This course begins with an introduction to the instructor, the course outline, and setting up the lab environment. It then moves into exploring the anatomy of WordPress attacks, covering how vulnerabilities are scanned, plugins are exploited, backdoors are uploaded, and compromised servers are used for malicious activities. You will learn basic security steps like configuring HTTPS, setting up backups, using security plugins, and protecting against brute force and spam attacks. More advanced security measures are then introduced, including changing WordPress login URLs, managing vulnerabilities, SQL injection protection, and defending against DDoS attacks. Finally, the course delves into broader web security topics, including SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities. 

By the end of the course, you will have the skills to secure your WordPress site effectively and protect it from both basic and advanced cyber threats.

What You Will Learn

  • Strengthen WordPress Security
  • Perform Vulnerability Scans on WordPress Installations
  • Mitigate Spam and Brute-Force Attacks
  • Enhance Security of HTTP Headers
  • Enable Two-Factor Authentication
  • Implement File Integrity Monitoring
  • Set Up a Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  • Block Malicious IPs and Prevent Attacks
  • Implement Advanced Measures to Secure WordPress

Program Curriculum

  • About Me and Course Outline
  • Lab Setup

  • Scanning WordPress for Vulnerabilities
  • Exploit WordPress Plugin
  • Upload a Backdoor
  • Send Spam using Exploited Server
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Backup your WordPress Instance, Database, and Plugins
  • Update WordPress and Plugins
  • HTTPS Introduction
  • Manually Configuring HTTPS - Generating Certificates
  • Automatic Configuration and Free Signed Certificate
  • HTTP to HTTPS Redirect
  • Security Plugins
  • WordFence Security Plugin and 2 Factor Authentication Security
  • Brute Force Demo - IP and User Block
  • Spam Protection. Captcha on Login and Comments
  • HTTP Secure Headers and TLS Scan - Free Scan Your Website
  • HTTP Security Headers using Plugins - Demo
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • How to Find the Source of Spamming?
  • Vulnerabilities and Exploits
  • How to Change Your WordPress Login URL?
  • SQL Injection and URL Hacking
  • Protect Sensitive Files
  • Default Usernames
  • Disable XML-RPC
  • Hide Your WordPress Version
  • DDOS Protection
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Bonus Section
  • SQL Injection
  • Exploiting SQLi using sqlmap
  • Cross-Site Scripting Introduction
  • Reflected XSS - Session Hijacking
  • Stored XSS
  • Using XSS to Grab Cookies, Facebook Username, and Passwords. Social Engineering
  • OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities
  • Upload and File Execution
  • Cross-Site Request Forgery
  • Chapter 5 Quiz
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Instructor

Gabriel Avramescu

Gabriel Avramescu is a Senior Information Security Consultant and an IT Trainer with certifications like OSWE (Offensive Security Web Expert), CREST Registered Penetration Tester (CRT), ECIH (EC-Council Incident Handling), Ec-Council ICS-SCADA Cybersecurity, OSCE (Offensive Security Certified Expert), OSWP (Offensive Security Wireless Professional), OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator), ISO 270001 Lead Auditor, ECSA (EC-Council Security Analyst), CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), CCNA and CCNA Security, CCNP Routing and CCNP Switching, Advanced Linux&InfoSEC, VMWare vSphere Install, Configure, Manage, and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS/MCP 70-642): Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, etc.

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