WP Security Scan
By Michael Torbert (http://semperfiwebdesign.com/)
Why it's awesome: It's more helpful than awesome, and a quick way of adding another layer of defense to your blog
Manual Install URL: http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/
Automatic Install search term: WP Security Scan
Geek level: Newbie
Configuration location: Top Navigation | Security
Used in: Administrator
WP Security Scan helps you to identify a few points of weaknesses that your blog might have with instructions on how to resolve these weakness. In order to see how your website fares, after installing and activating this plugin, head over to Top Navigation | Security from within your Administrator dashboard. Here you will see the items that WP Security Scan covers, including the following ones.
Latest version
WP Security Scan checks to see if you have the latest WordPress update installed. Not updating WordPress is the biggest security threat that exists, as the majority of updates fix software...