{"id":1682,"date":"2026-10-14T09:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2026-10-14T09:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:02:33","slug":"is-your-vps-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/is-your-vps-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your VPS Safe? One Step to Take Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every server on the internet is under attack, all day, every day. That isn&#8217;t because anyone picked you out: automated bots scan millions of IP addresses and try thousands of common passwords on every SSH login they find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your server uses a weak or reused password, a bot can get in within minutes. Once it&#8217;s in, it usually installs malware that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>uses your server to attack other servers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mines cryptocurrency on your CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>steals your website files, database passwords and API keys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data center can then block your server for abuse, which takes your site or app offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The one thing to do today: use a strong root password<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your VPS over SSH or through the console.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Run: <code>passwd<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a new password that:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>is at least 16 characters long, with letters, numbers and symbols<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>isn&#8217;t used for any other account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>isn&#8217;t a word, name, date or simple pattern (like &#8220;Admin@2026&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A password manager makes it easy to create and store one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want us to check the rest?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a limited time, Yegara Host VPS clients can get a <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/free-vps-security-check\/\">free basic security check<\/a> of their server: SSH logins, signs of a break-in, open ports, outdated software, databases and basic protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staying safe online takes a few simple steps, and we&#8217;re here to help with each one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/getting-started-with-your-vps\/\">Getting Started with Your VPS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/contact-yegara-host\/\">Contact Yegara HOST<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bots try passwords on every VPS all day, and a weak one can let them in within minutes. Here is the one step to take today: set a strong root password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,2,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-security","category-vps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1690,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions\/1690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}