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brute force login

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 […]