Description
Security features
- Stops brute force attacks to hack passwords.
- Stops brute force attacks to find WordPress accounts.
- Security Protection for WordPress login form.
- Security Protection for WordPress backend.
- Security FireWall to filter access to your site by IP, Networks or
Countries. - Security daily report to email.
- Security audit log.
Security Brute Force firewall. It adds a few seconds delay for any failed attempt to login to WordPress back-end. Security & Firewall by CleanTalk makes access to your website more secure.
Security report and security log include login attempts for non-existent accounts. Bots do not know the user logins of your website and they try to use brute force method to find real user logins. CleanTalk security firewall will stop this threat.
CleanTalk security firewall is created with maximum regard for the needs of
users do not have extensive knowledge of security. Easy-to-use security firewall allows you to ensure security and protect your site from brute force.
Strengthening security against brute force protection
We added the new logic to our security service. Service will check your security log once per hour and if some IP’s have 10 and more attempts to log in, then these IP’s will be banned for next 24 hours.
It makes your security tougher and doesn’t waste the server’s resources on these IP’s.
Security FireWall
To enhance the security of your site, you can use the Security FireWall, which will allow you to block access by HTTP/HTTPS to your website for individual IP addresses, IP networks and block access to users from specific countries.
Security FireWall may significantly reduce the risk of hacking and reduces the load on your web server. Use personal BlackList to block IP addresses with a suspicious activity to enhance the security.
To use Security FireWall you have to have CleanTalk account.
Daily security report by email
Every day the plugin sends Security report to your email.
The report provides data on the number of incorrect password entries and the IP addresses from which the tried to sign in.
Security FireWall allows you to block countries and deny access to your website for all IP-addresses of blocked country visitors. You can add countries to the blacklist in your CleanTalk Dashboard.
Security Audit Log: control the actions in the admin area to improve the security of your site
Security Audit Log keeps track of actions in the WP Dashboard to let you know what is happening on your blog.
With the Security Audit Log is very easy to see user activity in order to understand what changes have done and who made them.
Security Audit Log shows who logged in and when and how much time they spent on each page.
Brute force security
Brute force attack is an exhaustive password search to get full access to an Administrator account. Passwords are not the hard part for hackers taking into account the quantity of sent password variants per second and the big amount of IP-addresses.
Brute force attack is one of the most security issues as an intruder gets full access to your website and can change your code. Consequences of these break-ins might be grievous, your website could be added to the [botnet] and it could participate in attacks to other websites, it could be used to keep hidden links or automatic redirection to a suspicious website. Consequences for your website reputation might be very grievous.
Anti Brute force security
Security & Firewall by CleanTalk takes optimal delay time between login attempts when a user corrects his credentials and tries to log in again. These seconds are more than enough for a user. If a user didn’t make it in time — he can always retry and the delayed time will be nullified.
Security & Firewall by CleanTalk reduces the effectiveness of brute-force attacks. A bot spends milliseconds to submit passwords, but the firewall allows to do it once in several seconds. If a bot needed a few months to find correct password, the protection prolongs the time to several years.
How to improve security on your own WordPress website. This a short list for WP security
Security in WordPress is taken very seriously, but as with any other system there are potential security issues that may arise if some basic security precautions aren’t taken.
- Don’t publish posts and comments from the administrator account.
- Create other accounts for each administrator with another role such as Author or Editor. It all depends on your needs. Assign people to the appropriate roles and you’ll greatly reduce your security risk.
- If someone requires administrator access momentarily for a configuration change, grant it, but then remove it upon completion of the task.
- Backups are invaluable. If you have a recent backup of your site then you will be able to restore it back to normal no matter what bad thing might happen.
Use these easy tips for WP security to avoid serious consequences.
Security Log
Security log keeps online a log of attempts to log in. Security log includes IP/Country/data/time, username and action result, was authorization successful or failed.
Security FireWall by CleanTalk helps of WordPress administrators, owners and security professionals ensure the security of their websites and blogs before they become a security problem.
Free trial then $20 per year
All security logs are stored in the cloud for 45 days.
Security by CleanTalk is a free plugin which work with the premium Cloud service cleantalk.org. This plugin as a service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service.
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Installation
How to Install on WordPress
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Navigate to Plugins Menu option in your WordPress administration panel and click the button “Add New”.
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Type CleanTalk in the Search box, and click Search plugins.
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When the results are displayed, click Install Now.
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Then choose to Activate the plugin.
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After activated, go to plugin settings. Then you will need to create an API key, this is done automatically for you. Just click on “Get access key automatically”
Installation completed successfully.
Manual installation
- Download latest version on your computer’s hard drive.
- Go to your WordPress Dashboard->Plugins->Add New->Upload CleanTalk zip file.
- Click Install Now and Activate.
- After activated, go to plugin settings. Then you will need to create an API key, this is done automatically for you. Just click on “Get access key automatically”
Installation completed successfully.
FAQ
- Installation Instructions
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How to Install on WordPress
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Navigate to Plugins Menu option in your WordPress administration panel and click the button “Add New”.
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Type CleanTalk in the Search box, and click Search plugins.
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When the results are displayed, click Install Now.
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Then choose to Activate the plugin.
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After activated, go to plugin settings. Then you will need to create an API key, this is done automatically for you. Just click on “Get access key automatically”
Installation completed successfully.
Manual installation
- Download latest version on your computer’s hard drive.
- Go to your WordPress Dashboard->Plugins->Add New->Upload CleanTalk zip file.
- Click Install Now and Activate.
- After activated, go to plugin settings. Then you will need to create an API key, this is done automatically for you. Just click on “Get access key automatically”
Installation completed successfully.
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- Why are they attacking me?
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Hackers want to get access to your website and use it to get backlinks from your site to improve their site’s PageRank or redirect your visitors to malicious sites or use your website to send spam and viruses or other attacks.These attacks can damage your reputation with readers and commentators if you fail to tackle it. It is not uncommon for some WordPress websites to receive hundreds or even thousands of attacks every week. However, by using the Security CleanTalk plugin, all attacks will be stopped on your WordPress website.
- How to install the plugin?
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Installing the plugin is very simple and does not require much time or special knowledge.
Manual installation
- Download latest version on your computer’s hard drive,
https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/security-malware-firewall.zip
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Go to your WordPress Dashboard->Plugins->Add New->Upload CleanTalk zip file.
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Click Install Now and Activate.
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After activated, go to plugin settings. Then you will need to create an API key, this is done automatically for you. Just click on “Get access key automatically”
Installation completed successfully.
Installation from wordpress.org directory
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Navigate to Plugins Menu option in your WordPress administration panel and click the button “Add New”.
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Type CleanTalk in the Search box, and click Search plugins.
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When the results are displayed, click Install Now.
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Select Install Now.
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Then choose to Activate the plugin.
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After activated, go to plugin settings. Then you will need to create an API key, this is done automatically for you. Just click on “Get access key automatically”
Installation completed successfully.
- How to test the security service?
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Please use the wrong username or password to log-in to your WP admin panel to see how the Security Plugin works. Then you may log-in with your correct account name and see the logs for the last actions in the settings or our plugin. Also, Audit Log will display the last visited URL’s of the current user.
- Is the plugin compatible with WordPress MultiUser (WPMU or WordPress network)?
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Yes, the plugin is compatible with WordPress MultiUser.
- How to control security activities on your website?
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Go to your CleanTalk account->Log. Use filters to sort data for analyses.
Security logs provide you to receive and keep information for 45 days. You have the following possibilities:
1. Time period for all records you want to see.-
Website for which you want to see security records. Leave the field empty to see security records for all websites.
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Choose an event you want to see:
- Authorization Login — all successful logins to your website.
- Authorization Logout — all closed sessions.
- Authorization Invalid username — login attempts with not existing username.
- Authorization Auth failed — wrong password login attempts.
- Audit View — records of actions and events of users in your website backend.
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Searching records by IP address.
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Searching records by country.
There are date and time of events for each record, username who performed an action and his IP (country) address. How to use Security Log https://cleantalk.org/help/Security-Log
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- Is it possible to set custom email for notification?
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Yes, it is possible. Go to your CleanTalk account->Change email https://cleantalk.org/my/change-email
- Why do you need an access key?
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Access Key allows you to keep statistics up to 45 days in the cloud and different additional settings and has more possibilities to sort the data and analyses. Our plugin evolves to Cloud Technology and all its logs are transferred to Cloud. Cloud Service takes data processing and data storage and allows to reduce your webserver load.
- How to use Security Log
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- First go to your Security Dashboard. Choose “Site Security” in the “Services” menu.
- Then go to your Security Log.
You have the following possibilities:
- Time period for all records you want to see.
- Website for which you want to see security records. Leave the field empty to see security records for all websites.
Choose an event you want to see:
- Authorization Login — all successful logins to your website.
- Authorization Logout — all closed sessions.
- Authorization Invalid username — login attempts with not existing username.
- Authorization Auth failed — wrong password login attempts.
Audit View — records of actions and events of users in your website backend.
- Searching records by IP address.
- Searching records by username.
- Searching records by country.
List of records. Each record has the following columns:
- Date — when the event happened.
- User Log — who performed actions.
- Event — what did he do.
- Status — was he Passed or Banned.
- IP — his IP address.
- Country — what country that IP belongs to.
- Details — some details if they are available.
Please, read more
https://cleantalk.org/help/Security-LogIf you wish to block some countries from visiting your website, please, use this instruction: https://cleantalk.org/help/Security-Firewall
- First go to your Security Dashboard. Choose “Site Security” in the “Services” menu.
- How to use Security Firewall
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First go to your Security Dashboard. Choose “Site Security” in the “Services” menu. Then press the line “Black&White Lists” under the name of your website.
You can add records of different types to your black list or white list:
- IP-Addresses (For example 10.150.20.250, 10.10.10.10)
- Subnets (For example 10.150.20.250/24, 10.10.10.10/8)
- Countries. Click the line “Add a country” to blacklist or whitelist all IP-addresses of the chosen countries.
The records can be added one by one or all at once using separators: comma, semicolon, space, tab or new line. After filling the field press the button “Whitelist” or “Blacklist”. All added records will be displayed in your list below. Please note, all changes will be applied in 5-10 minutes.
Please, read full instruction here
https://cleantalk.org/help/Security-Firewall - Is it free or paid?
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The plugin is free. But the plugin uses CleanTalk cloud security service. You have to register an account and then you will receive a free trial to test. When the trial (on CleanTalk account) is finished, you can renew the subscription for 1 year or deactivate the Security by CleanTalk plugin.
If you haven’t got access key, the plugin will work and you will have logs only on the plugin settings page for last 20 requests. - What happens after the end of the trial period?
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The plugin will fully perform its functions after the end of the trial period and will protect your website from brute force attacks and will keep Action Log in your WP Dashboard, but the number of entries in the log will be limited to the last 20 entries/24 hours. Also, you will receive a short daily security report to your email.
Premium version allows to storage all logs for 45 days in the CleanTalk Dashboard for further analysis.
- Email Notifications when administrators are logged in
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Do you want to receive a notice each time a user with administrator rights is logged into the WP Dashboard?
We added this option to our security plugin. Now you can receive notifications if you want to know about an unauthorized entrance to your WP Dashboard.
Notification will be sent only when a user was able to authorize entering login and password. If you are logged into the admin panel from the saved session, then the alert won’t be sent.
You can enable the option “Receive notifications for admin authorizations in your CleanTalk Dashboard. Choose “Site Security” in the “Services” menu, then click “Settings”.
Reviews
Gets the job done
This plugin definitely gets the job done. I have a site prone to spam and this was the only thing that could get it in control
Excellent and simple protection
Easy plug-and-play type software, no hacks so far! I like the daily reports and easy overview in the dashboard.
Like Chaining 10 Angry Pitbulls To Your Website’s Front Door
This plugin stopped spam dead in it’s tracks. I was getting dozens of spam registrations every day. This plugin has put an end to that.
Imperceptible Spam & Security Protection
Our WP site https://www.ecoterramedia.com/ was getting spammed and slammed with multiple security breach attempts daily until we starting using Cleantalk. We love the fact that we no-longer rely on CAPTCHA, no questions, no pictures. Installation, usage, and reporting are straight forward. This stops spam comments, stops spam registrations, stops spam contact emails, stops spam orders, stops spam bookings, stops spam subscriptions,
stops spam surveys & polls, stops spam in widgets. It also checks existing comments for spam.
Real Good
Real Good, keeps my site protected
Good Solution! impenetrabile!
Good Solution! impenetrabile!
Contributors & Developers
“Security & Firewall by CleanTalk” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.15 April 24 2017
- Small security fixes.
- Translation fix.
1.14 April 13 2017
- Major fix for Security FireWall.
- Translation fix.
- Changes for settings screen (Support button added).
- Improved performance.
1.13 April 5 2017
- Fix for ‘Let them know about security protection’ option.
- Minor fixes to improve security logic.
- Added ‘Complete deactivation’ option.
1.12 March 30 2017
- Major fix for security firewall.
- Small fixes for settings page.
- Fixed WPDB Warnings for new users.
- ‘Complete deactivation’ option was added.
1.11.1 March 24 2017
- Fixed issue with database prefix.
- Small fixes to improve security logic.
1.11 March 23 2017
- Security has been improved. Added email notifications to account owner about superuser login to WordPress backend.
- Brute force protection logic has been updated.
1.10.1 March 17 2017
- Fixed issue with exit() statement.
1.10 March 17 2017
- Improved anti brute force protection. An anti brute force notice has been added on sign in form.
- Fixed logic to process remote calls.
- Small fixes to improve security logic.
1.9.6 March 14 2017
- Fixed anti brute force logic to avoid issue with emails scanning.
- Small fixes to improve security logic.
1.9.5 March 7 2017
- Database fix (support DB prefix with digits).
- Fix for admin notices.
- Small fixes to improve security logic.
1.9.4 March 2 2017
- Small fixes (WPMS settings logic, FireWall).
- Added option for notification on login page.
- Small fixes to improve security logic.
1.9.3 February 28 2017
- Packets SQL requests for FireWall updates.
- Small fixes (User token gaining)
- Notification changes
1.9.2 February 16 2017
- Bug fixes.
- Automatic FireWall update time increased to 1 day.
1.9.1 February 8 2017
- Minor bug fixes.
1.9 January 26 2017
- Added new feature Security FireWall.
- Common optimization.
- Minor bug fixes.
1.8.2 January 16 2017
- Cron hooks fix
1.8.1 December 29 2016
- Translation fix
1.8 December 23 2016
- Fixes for settings page.
- Showing last logs sending time in settings.
1.7.2 December 19 2016
- Fixed issue with logging for brute-force attacks.
1.7.1 December 13 2016
- Fix for translation system.
- Added Russian language support.
- Minor fixes.
1.7 December 12 2016
- Added support for WPMS.
- Personal log possibility for each website.
- Translation system attached.
- Varnish extension compatibility.
1.6.1 November 29 2016
- Fixed error for some PHP versions.
1.6 November 29 2016
- Cloud service API key.
- Cloud service dashboard.
- Logs are stored in Cloud.
- Protection status.
- Code optimization.
1.5.2 November 16 2016
- Fixed conflict with CleanTalk Anti-spam plugin.
1.5.1 November 14 2016
- Fixed and improve log.
- Fixed database error.
- Changed update logic.
1.5 November 13 2016
- Logging viewed admin’s page.
- Counting viewed time.
1.4.3 November 2 2016
- Fixed issue with Security report. On some hostings the report couldn’t be send by WP Cron because of PHP Fatal error with spbc_report_country_part().
1.4.2 October 20 2016
- Improved the Security log. The new version includes brute force attacks to find WordPress accounts.
- Applied changes to localize the plugin via Translating WordPress.org.
- Minor backend fixes.
1.3.1 September 29 2016
- Fixed issue with PHP 5.2 and Security reports.
- Fixed issue with WordPress notice after plugin activation.
1.3 September 20 2016
- Added a log of last 20 events (login, logout, auth failed and etc.) in WordPress backend to the plugin settings.
- Added WP cron call for every auth_failed event. This fix has been made to avoid issue with missed Daily security reports on low visited web sites.
1.2.3 September 14 2016
- Added a country name in the Daily report for each IP address in the list of Brute-Force attacks.
- Minor changes with WP Cron integration.
1.2.1 September 5 2016
- Fixed issue with Daily security report. Previous version (1.2) didn’t send the report.
1.2 September 2 2016
- Added Daily security report. The report includes list of Brute-force attacks or failed logins and list of successful logins.
1.1.1 August 29 2016
- Removed some statement to debug the plugin.
1.1 August 29 2016
- Added 10 seconds delay for a failed attempt if more then 5 failed attempts have been made for past 1 hour.
1.0.1 August 24 2016
- Minor fix.
1.0 August 19 2016
- First release with anti brute force hacks protection.