Protect WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks
How to protect your WordPress from brute-force XML-RPC attacks, because the WordPress XML-RPC API has been under attack for many years now.
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WsusPool keeps crashing: stops again and again
WSUSPool keeps stopping? Sometimes you find your WSUS server keeps crashing over and over again. The WSUS application pool periodically stops, WSUS is unavailable and/or the WSUS management console hangs.
Remove Jetpack email sharing service
Remove Jetpack email sharing service using WordPress plugin or theme functions.php file. It's often abused by spammers
What are 4 important security measures for Windows Server & IIS 10?
In this post I address four (4) important actionable security measures for your servers running Windows Server (AD DS, DFS, IIS) and RDP.
How to disable SMBv1 in Windows 10 and Windows Server
It is urged you disable SMBv1 in your Windows variant (Windows 10, 8.1, Server 2016, 2012 R2), and here is how if you haven't done so yet.
Detect ethernet network speed in Windows
Being able to detect the ethernet network speed using PowerShell or WMI is perfect for Windows Server Core. If you ever need to lookup the speed of your ethernet network card in Windows, on the command-prompt, use one of the following PowerShell / WMIC commands.
Enable NTFS long paths through GPO in Windows Server
Windows Server 2016 was finally released last week, meaning we can finally lift the idiotic 260 characters limitation for NTFS paths. For this, you use a GPO or Group Policy Object in Windows Server.
Akal Premium WordPress theme XSS vulnerability
This post describes the Akal premium WordPress theme Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If you use this theme, delete it immediately!
Free up disk space in Windows Server – 5 extra methods
In this post I provide you with 5 ways to cleanup files and free up disk space in Windows Server 2016 (and older / newer Windows Server version), without using the Disk Cleanup Utility. Reclaim lots of lost gigabytes easy. Disk space usage is still an issue in Windows Server.
List all MAC addresses of all Hyper-V Virtual Machines
You sometimes need to list and get all MAC addresses of all Hyper-V virtual machines in your network. Either for your Hyper-V administration or provisioning if you don't set an unique MAC address automatically. Here is how to get all those MAC addresses easily with PowerShell.