| It is becoming more popular for hackers to try to brute | | | | #2: Choose a better admin password |
| force attack your Joomla administrator to gain access | | | | Now you'll need to have an admin password that is |
| to your administrator. Using this method they bombard | | | | difficult to guess. You'll want to have at least 8 |
| your admin form with thousands of usernames | | | | characters with a mix of lower case letters, upper |
| password until they find the right combination. Since | | | | case letters, numbers and special characters. |
| Joomla doesn't let you choose the admin username | | | | #3: Use .htaccess protection |
| when installing they already know the username, this | | | | With .htaccess protection there will be 2 logins needed |
| makes it twice as easy. If you want to add additional | | | | to get into your Joomla admin. BuyHTTP's Joomla |
| security, and who doesn't, it is fortunately very easy. | | | | hosting accounts are protected by a firewall that |
| #1: Change the admin username | | | | automatically blocks would-be hackers after 5 failed |
| The first thing to do is change the default admin | | | | login attempts. .htaccess protection can be enabled by |
| username. First login to your control panel (often | | | | logging in to cPanel (or your hosts control panel) and |
| cPanel) and go to your database editor (normally | | | | clicking the Password Protect a Directory button. You |
| phpMyAdmin), then select the Joomla database and | | | | can then select the "public_html/administrator" directory |
| browse to the jos_users table. The original user is user | | | | to protect, and add users who you want to be able to |
| id 62, so edit that entry. Pick a username other than | | | | login. |
| "admin". Doing just this step will stop almost any | | | | These few, easy steps will exponentially increase the |
| chance of being hacked since most will just try the | | | | security of your Joomla installation. |
| default username. | | | | |