Dear Website Owner,

You hear it every day. Another site has been hacked. Twitter, Zendesk, even new outlets fall victim every single day.

What you don't hear about - unless you're in the security biz - are the hundreds or even thousands of WordPress sites that are hacked every month. The damage can range from mildly irritating to catastrophic.

It's not really the fault of WordPress, or even that of your host. The fact is, armies of malicious hacker bots are out there even as you read this, repeatedly trying to log into unprotected sites - even yours.

And the number one cause? Weak or outdated passwords.