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June 17, 2013

SECURITY

Miscreants and the Principle of Least Effort

2 min read

Back in the old days, when security was much more of an afterthought, it was obvious that miscreants were familiar with the principle of least effort. Information security was still in its Wild West days. Managed disclosure and patching did not really exist. Most companies were just coming to realize they would need to put […]

April 22, 2013

SECURITY

Customized WordPress, Joomla Brute Force Login Attempts

3 min read

In recent weeks, the occurrence of brute force login attempts targeting WordPress and Joomla installations have significantly increased in volume, with some entities reporting triple the attempts seen in the past. The attack volume has been so severe that it has led some hosting providers to block all attempts to access wp-login.php, even for site […]