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9 Feb

A Feeding Frenzy to Deface WordPress Sites

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Wordpress Expert

web developer at WPLAB

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In this report we share data on the ongoing flood of WordPress REST-API exploits we are seeing in the wild. We include data on 20 different site defacement campaigns we are currently tracking. We show how attackers have switched to the REST-API exploit and how it has increased their success rates. We have also seen an […]

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3 Feb

XMLRPC or WP-Login: Which do Brute Force Attackers Prefer

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Wordpress Expert

web developer at WPLAB

Website development like the art

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Best Antivirus Software - January 22, 2021
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At Wordfence we constantly analyze attack patterns to improve the protection our firewall and malware scan provides. We recently took a closer look at brute force attack targets, specifically XMLRPC and wp-login, to gain a deeper understanding of how attackers behave. In WordPress, there are several ways to authenticate, or sign in to, your website. The […]

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