Below are some tips that we recommend following to increase the security of your Joomla installation:
- Keep Joomla Updated! See http://www.joomla.org/download.html to download the latest version of Joomla.
- Protect your Joomla Administrator area. This can be done by using the cPanel password protection for the administrator directory, or by using a 3rd party plugin:
- Password Protection: Log into your cPanel control panel and use the Password Protected Directories feature to protect the 'administrator' directory.
OR - Obscure/Hide the Login URL: Use a plugin like kSecure to hide your administrator login page. Here is a Tutorial Video to show how easy this is to install and use.
- Password Protection: Log into your cPanel control panel and use the Password Protected Directories feature to protect the 'administrator' directory.
- Subscribe to the Joomla Security Updates Mailing List. See http://feeds.feedburner.com/JoomlaSecurityNews - click the link to 'Get Security delivered by email'.
- Joomla Security Checklist - See it here: http://docs.joomla.org/Security_Checklist/Joomla!_Setup
